An Ayyubid or early Mamluk silver-inlaid cast brass bottle vase, Mosul or Syria, mid-13th century

of baluster-form on a short foot with slightly flared mouth, with large thuluth inscriptive band to body separated by vegetal roundels, between two bands of animals in chase, further inscriptive band in ornamental Kufic around mouth 

In generally good overall condition, foot slightly truncated with repair, vestiges of silver inlay but largely missing, decoration rubbed, as viewed.
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inscriptions

'Glory and eternal prosperity and piety to you great Lord'

A jug of similar form is illustrated in Pope 1939, p.1375, B.