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LNS 1052 M a,b

Reticulated bronze lamp, with: mounted riders hunting with felines and falcons; representations of the twelve signs of the zodiac and the seven planets, all identified by their names; and good wishes to the owner, all in Kufic script

LNS 992 M

Reticulated double-walled bronze bottle with bands of undulating half-palmette scrolls, and a prominent band with good wishes to the owner in Kufic script

LNS 409 M

Bronze incense burner (lid missing) decorated in openwork with scrolling vines, and with handle finial in the form of a poppy fruit

LNS 608 M

Bronze perfume sprinkler decorated with staggered rows of buds

LNS 36 M

Brass planispheric astrolabe (the earliest known Islamic example), signed by Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah (known as ‘Nastulus’) and dated in Arabic letters (abjad numeration) to 315 AH

LNS 1338 M

Bronze ewer with spirally ribbed body, one rib with a single diminutive scroll. The handle’s ‘thumbrest’ in the form of a palmette, its base terminated by a stylized antelope head

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