A RARE ISLAMIC LATE ILKHANID OR TIMURID OR OTTOMAN BRASS MAGIC BOWL, CIRCA 15TH-17TH CENTURY, Of Very high Quality Brass ( Like Tombak ). Of typical form, the exterior finely engraved with ground of magic numbers, the rim with an Arabic invocation, the interior with a central omphalos further cartouches of talismanic inscriptions Inside the bowl and out side the bowl and dated to the period the Safavid Dynasty On the outside of this Islamic period divination bowl multiple human and animal figures appear within a series of horizontal, elongated panels quartered by cusps (= fourpartite structure). There is no reason to believe the four seasons or fours directions are being indicated.

Extremely Fine Quality