An Omani 'dallah' coffee pot and cup set. Oman, 21st century. The modern 'dallah' style coffee pot and six cups decorated in relief with palm trees and flowers against a textured ground, the coffee pot of traditional form, with a pointed finial to hinged cover and a fan-shaped thumbpiece, each item struck to the base with Arabic script, cups 5.5cm high, coffee pot 33.3cm high, in fitted lacquered box designed with simulated burr wood veneer and dyed mother of pearl borders framing the national emblem of Oman to hinged lid, box 40.3 x 50 x 19cm

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