A silver and copper-inlaid brass bowl depicting dervishes Syria, circa 1900 of compressed globular form on a tapering foot with flaring rim, engraved and decorated in silver and copper inlay with dervishes and domed mosques and minarets, two lotus motifs overlaid with inscriptions, the neck with a band of cartouches decorated in openwork with inscriptions interspersed by an interlace of split palmettes, the base engraved '1257' and '46' in Arabic numerals 25 cm. diam. Footnotes: Inscriptions: proverbs in Arabic, a repeat of the invocation to God ya hafiz, 'O the Protector!' in mirrored form. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com