Description: This beautiful brass beggars bowl was purchased in the Middle East by my great-aunt in 1967, but it was already an antique collectible when she bought it, dating to the late 1800s. It’s engraved with a botanical motif of flowers around the top and the depiction of a bird on the underside in raised relief. It features a heart-shaped opening and hangs from a short brass chain. There is a little bit of schmutz around the spout which you should be able to clean, but I did not attempt to. In otherwise good antique condition. Dimensions: 5 1/4” (L) x 3 1/2” (W) x 2” (H) Weight: 4.16 oz (118 g) The kashkul, or beggar’s bowl, is perhaps the most emblematic accoutrement of the wandering Islamic dervish (beggar). Dervishes used these bowls primarily to collect and store alms and occasionally as drinking vessels. In later centuries, many were marketed as decorative objects since a devoted dervish would be unlikely to carry a beautiful kashkul, as it would contradict his belief in the renunciation of worldly goods and commitment to a dervish's life of poverty.
Price: 200 USD
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-08-21T21:59:02.000Z
Shipping Cost: 8 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Religion: Islam
Handmade: Yes
