PAIR OF GHAZNAVID COPPER-ALLOY JUGS

Ca. AD 1000 - 1200 A pair of copper-alloy jugs, from left to right: a jug with a rounded body on a low spreading foot and a tall flaring neck, engraved with vertical panels of interlaced geometric ornament, birds, animals and Arabic calligraphy. A curved handle with a twisted central section joins the rim to the shoulder and is surmounted by a knop thumb rest; and a jug with a globular body, a cylindrical foot and a tall, slightly tapering neck with an everted rim. The neck is decorated with engraved bands, and a slender arched handle joins the shoulder to the rim, with a lobed upper terminal and a pointed lower attachment. Size: 140-190mm x 100-115mm; Weight: 830g Provenance: From a private UK collection; formerly in the S.S. collection, assembled from the 1970s onwards.

Estimate:£300

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