Old Basin, Middle East Chiseled With Three Cartridges And Three Mandorlas, 19th Century

basin originating from the Middle East in copper engraved and decorated on all sides with three mandorlas decorated with stars and each surrounded by four botehs, and three domed cartridges bearing beautiful and large calligraphy remarkably executed.
Important very fine epigraphic decorations are chiseled in the bands.
The set is in very good Middle Eastern condition from the 19th century. Syria, Persia.
Dimensions: Diameter: 28 cm, Diameter at the neck: 19 cm, Height: 19.5 cm cm, weight: 927 grams.
These containers, heavily decorated with wonderful engravings, are the joy and pride of collections and the happiness of collectors of Islamic art, today having the Orient and its marvelous objects for passion.
Traces of wear, but breathtaking beauty. Beautiful patina.
# These objects are present in the great collections of Islamic art museums, all over the world.
- Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy.
- Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museum zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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