A MAMLUK BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY |

of deep, rounded form, with inscription engraved around the rim on a vegetal ground, separated by medallions depicting entwined split-palmettes

Private collection, Germany, since 1978

Multiple dents throughout as consistent with age and use, areas o oxidisation and discoloration, a small crack near border with associated restoration and remnants of adhesive, there may potentially have been a hole drilled to underside, now restored, with remnants of adhesive, scratches to surface and rubbing to inscriptive foliate band, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Worn: 'Glory … victory [over] enemies … generosity and elevation and long life … wealth / … and rising good-fortune and beneficence and lasting wealth eternally and favourable destiny and wealth … ascending … gratitude and …'