magic bowl
- Museum number
- 1921,1025.5
- Description
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Magic bowl. Engraved with Arabic inscriptions (Qur'anic verses and prayers) and with engraved brass tags (charms or 'keys') attached.
Brass, engraved.
- Dimensions
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Length: 2.50 - 3 centimetres (individual tag)
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Diameter: 14.80 centimetres
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Height: 4.70 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- On display (G43/dc4)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2016-2017 20 Oct-12 Feb, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Power & Protection Art and the Supernatural in the Islamic World
2013-2014 2 Nov-26 Jan, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 'Qalam: the art of beautiful writing'
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Qur'an
- Acquisition date
- 1921
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1921,1025.5
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: E
