An Abbasid Brass Ewer, Persia, 9th-10th century

of baluster form, the ovoid body resting on a narrow raised foot, short  tubular spout, the tapering neck with trumpet shaped mouth with flanged opening leading to a serpentine handle with an elaborate palmette thumbpiece, the lower body engraved with two rosette medallions, the shoulder moulded with a monumental band of scrolling palmettes above an engraved kufic band on a ring punched ground

Patination including areas of oxidisation, some repair, as viewed
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inscriptions
In Kufic: 

baraka wa [yumn wa ... ] sa'ada wa salama wa ghibta wa ni'ma wa rahma wa ... li-sahibihi wa ...

'Blessing and (Good-fortune and ... [restored]) Happiness and Well-being and Felicity and (God's) Grace and Mercy and .... to its owner and ...'