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The vessel has very narrow neck leading to a low bulbous body and slightly flared base. A lid topped with a flat flower-shaped finial covers the opening, the hinge being attached to a plain s-shaped handle which attaches at its base to the lower part of the body. On the opposite side a spout with a tulip-shaped opening. The lid and neck decorated with rings and several bands of incised arabesque decoration. 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The tulip-shaped finial at the end of the spout is characteristic of later Turkish metalwork design and the vessel is likely to have been altered during the Ottoman period. The handle is of inferior  workmanship and covers the one of the medallions on the body of the vessel, while the base has an obvious soldering mark. The lid does not fit properly and its arabesque designs are simpler than those elsewhere. 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