Collection

Brass divination bowl engraved with symbols and Arabic script

Made:
1801-1900 in Iran
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.
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© 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
Materials:
brass
Measurements:
overall: 35 mm, 135 mm, .227 kg
type:
divination-bowl
credit:
Gayer-Anderson

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