Lot 789 A MUGHAL ENGRAVED BRASS TALISMANIC BOWL, 18TH CENTURY

Of rounded form with raised central boss and everted rim, finely incised and decorated to the interior with cartouches enclosing inscriptions under an inscriptions filled band, the sides with a band of cartouches containing cartouches, the exterior is similarly decorated.
Inscriptions:
To the interior with a repeating of "ya shafi, ya kafi, ya Ma'afi", surah Al-Nas, surah al-Fath and surah al-Ikhlas
To the exterior with a large band in thuluth script with Ayat al-Kursi, surah al-Fath and different Dua'a.
Diameter 21 cm.