Collection

Brass divination bowl engraved with symbols and Arabic script

Made:
1801-1900
Brass divination bowl, probably Persian, 19th century. Brass divination bowl, probably Persian, 19th century.
Brass divination bowl, probably Persian, 19th century. Brass divination bowl, probably Persian, 19th century.

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Brass divination bowl, probably Persian, 19th century.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Brass divination bowl, probably Persian, 19th century.
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Brass divination bowl engraved with symbols and Arabic script, probably Persian, 19th century

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A159074
type:
divination-bowl
taxonomy:
  • divination object
credit:
Gayer-Anderson

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