A Fatimid bronze vessel Egypt or Syria, 10th/ 11th CenturyA Fatimid bronze vessel Egypt or Syria, 10th/ 11th Centuryof cylindrical form with raised band and flaring rim, engraved to the lower part of the body with a band of inscriptions in kufic on a ground of circle motifs, the rim with vegetal motifs to one side, the foot with a roundel containing a bird surrounded by a band of inscriptions in kufic, all on a ground of circle motifs 8.5 cm. diam.Inscriptions: undeciphered.