A BRASS BOWL, TURKEY, 20TH CENTURY

With rounded base and sloping inverted sides leading to a thickened rim, engraved with a band of bold thuluth inscription interrupted by six scalloped roundels enclosing floral sprays.
Set between two bands of dense interlaced motifs.
Inscriptions: Al-maqarr al-karim al-‘ali al-mawlawi al-maliki al-‘alimi al-‘amili al-‘adili al-maliki al-nasiri
The honourable high excellency the lordly, the royal, the wise, the diligent, the just, the officer of al-Malik al-Nasir
Diameter of the mouth : 23.5 cm.
Height: 19.5 cm.