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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 373953, member: 2844&quot;]Wonderful, a beautiful town. My family has a connection with Leeuwarden, there were some officers who fought in the Frisian army of Burmania against the house of Orange, way back when.</p><p>I am not from Hindeloopen, but from the deep south of the Netherlands, Brabant. I visited Hindeloopen and the famous 11 towns quite often, though. Where do you live now?</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;re right, the jar is from an Islamic region. Hard to tell which, right now. </p><p>Is the bird a hoopoe? I would have thought a peacock, which is quite common in Persian and Indo-Persian imagery. Also in other parts of the Islamic world.</p><p>The triangles look inlaid to me. Bone, mother of pearl maybe? Triangular inlay can be found in many parts of Asia and (North) Africa.</p><p>It would be nice if the owner had some more pictures of the sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>A lid with a hole certainly suggests churning, or maybe something with oil.</p><p>If we can see more pictures of the decorations, hopefully we can narrow it down to a region, which could bring us closer to the purpose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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