A Khurasan silver and copper-inlaid brass ewer section, Persia, first-half 13th century

of dodecagonal form on a low spreading foot, fragment converted as a receptacle, each facet decorated in silver and copper-inlay featuring a roundel with zodiacal signs amid knotted and floral motifs, lower section with tall thuluth inscription surmounting a band of scrolling vines 

Ex-collection O. Homberg
Galerie Georges Petit, 8, rue de Sèze, 11-16 May 1908

Catalogue de Haute Curiosité Orientaux & Européens, Galerie Georges Petit, 8, rue de Sèze, 11-16 Mai 1908, pp.52-53, no.373. 

Fragment, in good condition generally, the base consolidated with brass sheet, patination, occasional splitting, abrasions and dents, silver and copper-inlay mostly intact, one roundel with zodiacal sign rubbed out, as viewed.
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inscriptions

'Eternal Glory, Favourable Destiny, Peace, Felicity, Spiritual Force, Contentment, Elevation ... '