Bidspirit auction | Khorasan Bronze Dish with Foxes

Khorasan Bronze Dish with Foxes - 12th century A.D.. Squat dish or shallow bowl with raised rim; central looped interlace motif on a hatched foliage field, concentric decorative rings including running tendrils, frieze of running foxes, calligraphic text, radiating billets. Cf. von Gladiss, A., Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012, item 2, for type. 845 grams, 27 cm (10 5/8 in.). Acquired on the UK art market, October 2000.Ex central London gallery. [No Reserve]