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Object Number 20-33-60/D1456.1
Display Title Inscribed brass "magic/medicinal" bowl, Shi'ite.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bowl, pedestal base, raised cone in middle, incised writing on both sides
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th Century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Persia
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 15 x 5.5 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1456.1

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