A Qajar brass kashkul Iran, late 19th century,
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A Qajar brass kashkul
Persia, late 19th Century,
in the form of a nut with a heart-shape opening, engraved with a narrow frieze band containing verses in Persian circling the entire vessel on a reserve of an abundance of figural and floral motifs, a small protruding spout on one end, with chain and fittings
28 cm. long; 12.2 cm. high
Sold for £1,920 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The inscriptions consist of Persian verse.

    Kashkuls or oval begging bowls were used by dervishes as receptacles for alms. They were also made from coco-de-mer shell, of which one example is in The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, see Stephen Vernoit, Occidentalism, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. XXIII, Oxford, 1997, p. 42, pl. 19.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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