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A CAIROWARE SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS BOWL, EGYPT OR SYRIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Heavily inlaid with silver and copper decorated around the compressed body and the neck with cartouches enclosing inscriptions in thuluth script on dense scrolling ground, geometric and floral arabesques above and below. 17 by 29 cm.

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A CAIROWARE SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS BOWL, EGYPT OR SYRIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Heavily inlaid with silver and copper decorated around the compressed body and the neck with cartouches enclosing inscriptions in thuluth script on dense scrolling ground, geometric and floral arabesques above and below. 17 by 29 cm.

Estimate 400 - 600 EUR
Starting price 400 EUR

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