An Abbasid Cast Brass Ewer, Persia or Mesopotamia, 9th-10th Century

of baluster form the smooth pear-shaped body resting on a narrow raised splayed foot, the slender moulded neck with foliate flanged mouth joining a curved handle with bead grip surmounted by a baluster-form thumbpiece with rosette finial, traces of ring-punched and incised narrow geometric bands, inscription to shoulder

Pitting and patination, areas of oxidisation, as viewed
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inscriptions
Added owner's name as: 'Abu Sa'd ibn Muhammad ibn Mayan (?)' (or: 'Abu Sa'd ibn Muhammad Armanan (?)'