A PSEUDO-SYRIAC BRASS DIVINATION BOWL Egypt or Syria, 15th - 16th century Of typical rounded shape, the centre marked with a conical boss with flat head, the engraved decoration with cusped medallions around the cavetto and several talismanic inscriptions in pseudo-Syriac and thuluthscript to the interior and exterior, 20.5cm diam. Our "magic" bowl presents several similarities with a divination bowl part of the British Museum collection (OA+.2603). Indeed, both bowls share the same rounded form with a central conical boss; thetalismanic inscriptions seem to have been carried out in the same scripts, i.e. thuluth and illegible pseudo-Syriac. A similar bowl successfully sold in these Rooms, 27 April 2018, lot 39.