Egypt or Syria，second half of the 15th century The shallow dish with flat rim, decorated with a dense ground of foliate designs overlaid with knotted ropework in silver forming cartouches and medallions, inscribed amal al-mu'allim mahmu[d]/ al-kurdi yarju al-mahgfi[ra] which can be translated as 'Work of the master Mahmud al-Kurdi, hoping for forgiveness'. 36.6cm (14 3/8in) diam.