A silver-inlaid tankard, Khurasan, Persia, late 13th century

of squat bulbous form on a narrow splayed foot, the broad straight neck rising to a domed cover with a modelled bird finial, the flattened s-shaped handle surmounted by a harpy, engraved and inlaid, the shoulder with an arcade band with pendant cartouches filled with calligraphic and foliate forms interspersed with eight-petalled rosettes, calligraphic bands to foot, neck and cover, inlaid radial petals to finial and further petal and rosette decoration to handle

inscriptions

round the neck:

al-izz al-iqbal wa al-dawla wa al-sa'ada wa al-salama wa al-shifa'a

'Glory and Prosperity and Wealth and Happiness and Well-being and Intercession (of the Prophet)'

al-izz wa al-iqbal wa al-d [awla] wa al-sa'ada wa al-sala [ma wa a] l-ni'ma...

Glory and Prosperity and Wealth and Happiness and Well-being and Grace (of God)...