worked in repoussé and punched, the design comprising stylised arches with leafy stems, featuring a central stylised flowerhead to centre with gilt highlights

In general good condition, a small crack near rim with associated consolidation, some minor patches of oxidisation to surface, reverse with scratches, as viewed.
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In terms of shape, a similar bowl with stylised foliate details and animals in between is illustrated in E. Baer, Metalwork in Medieval Islamic Art, New York, 1983, pp.103-4, fig. 78. Baer attributes this shape as a common early Islamic type, following in the tradition of hemispherical bowls from Sassanian Persia.