A RAQQA COPPER-LUSTRE POTTERY JUG Syria, 13th century Of globular shape, resting on a tall splayed foot, rising to a tall cylindrical neck, with curved handle to the side, the fritware body painted in dark copper-lustre under a transparent glaze, the decoration divided into several concentric bands throughout the whole body, a calligraphic band around the neck highlighted in cobalt blue lines, above a smaller calligraphic band, the centre with roundels with abstract and floral motifs interspersed with free-flowing pseudo-calligraphic inscriptions against an abstract vegetal ground, 15.5cm high.