A brass footed bowl with cover, Khurasan, 12th/13th century

of spherical form on a raised splayed foot, the domed cover surmounted by a knop finial, engraved and inlaid with a frieze of cursive calligraphy against a foliate scroll ground around the body, the cover with four engraved circle and dot rosettes

inscriptions

al-'izz wa al-iqbal wa al-dawla wa al-tamma wa al-'inaya wa al-qina'a dawama wa al-rahma wa al-raha wa li[s]ahibihi

'Glory and Prosperity and Good-fortune and Entirety and (God's) Favour and Contentment and Endurance and (God's) Mercy and Ease to its owner'