Pair of engraved brass vessels

Made:
1801-1900

Pair of engraved brass vessels, with fluted panels, some filled with Islamic script, said to be from mosque in Cairo, Egyptian, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A10792
Materials:
brass
Measurements:
height 80 mm
rim: diameter 80 mm
base: diameter 93 mm
type:
vessel

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