QAJAR COPPER-ALLOY KASHKUL (BEGGAR'S BOWL)

Ca. 18th - 19th century AD A copper-alloy kashkul of typical boat-shaped profile on a low foot, decorated with a continuous band of diagonal fluting. The sides are engraved with an upper band of calligraphy above a narrow register of scrolling floral ornament. The lower body is decorated with cusped and lobed pendant cartouches filled with floral scrolls on a cross-hatched ground. Size: 75mm x 180mm; Weight: 175g Provenance: Private UK collection; ex Oxfordshire ancient art collection; ex Canadian collection, 1970s�2000.

Estimate:£200

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