Coupe magique en laiton, XIIIe siècle ou posterieur A bras...
Coupe magique en laiton, XIIIe siècle ou posterieur
A brass magic bowl, 13th Century or later
Egypt or Syria,
of shallow rounded form, variously engraved to the interior and exterior with inscriptions and talismanic diagrams
13.5cm diam., 3cm high
Inscriptions: including 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik ... wa al-dunya wa al-din ... 'azza nasrahu ..., 'Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King ... and the world and religious ... may his victory be glorified'.
For further discussion on magic bowls, see Francis Maddison and Emilie Savage-Smith, Science, Tools & Magic, London, 1997.
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Coupe magique en laiton, XIIIe siècle ou posterieur
A brass magic bowl, 13th Century or later
Egypt or Syria,
of shallow rounded form, variously engraved to the interior and exterior with inscriptions and talismanic diagrams
13.5cm diam., 3cm high
Inscriptions: including 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik ... wa al-dunya wa al-din ... 'azza nasrahu ..., 'Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King ... and the world and religious ... may his victory be glorified'.
For further discussion on magic bowls, see Francis Maddison and Emilie Savage-Smith, Science, Tools & Magic, London, 1997.
