12th-13th century AD. A squat bronze bowl with low-relief decoration to the inner and outer faces; the interior with central reserved knotwork panel on a hatched field surround by circles of ring-and-dot punchmarks and radiating flames, outer band of reserved calligraphic Kufic text on a hatched field with circular panels containing animals and facing figures; the exterior with running reserved calligraphic band to the sidewall, underside with disc panels containing zodiacal symbols on a dense hatched field. Cf. von Gladiss, A., Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012, item 50, for type.759 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 2000s.