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Lot 322
An Ayyubid tinned-copper magic bowl
Egypt or Syria, 13th/ 14th Century
18 – 26 May 2023, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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An Ayyubid tinned-copper magic bowl
Egypt or Syria, 13th/ 14th Century

of flaring conical form on a short foot, engraved to the interior with inscriptions to the well, inscription-filled arcades and a band of inscriptions to the rim, the exterior with a band of inscriptions, below alternating inscription-filled roundels and panels
14.5 cm. diam.

Footnotes

Inscriptions: to the exterior, a band with the names of various ailments that would be cured if the owner drank or ate from this bowl, the roundels and panels containing probably magic texts, undeciphered. To the interior, undeciphered.

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