A KHURASAN SILVER-INLAID TANKARD, PERSIA, LATE 13TH CENTURY

of lobed faceted pear-shaped form with a flange below the cylindrical neck, which rises to a lobed domed lid with a modelled bird finial, the neck with a band of calligraphy, the body filled with calligraphic and foliate forms

inscriptions

al- 'izz wa al-iqbal wa al-dawala wa al-baqa li-sahibihi

'Glory and Prosperity and turn of Good-fortune and Long-life to its owner'