Collection

Brass divination bowl

Made:
1751-1900 in Iran
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Brass divination bowl
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Brass divination bowl
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Brass divination bowl
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Brass divination bowl, engraved inscriptions and signs of the Zodiac, Persian, 1751-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A128451
Materials:
brass
Measurements:
overall: 73 mm, 222 mm, 1.052 kg
type:
divination bowls
credit:
Putrus

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