A COCO-DE-MER BEGGAR'S BOWL ( KASHKUL ), AN INSCRIBED STEEL CLUTCH AND PRAYER BEADS ( TASBIHS ) QAJAR IRAN AND OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER The first engraved with a large cusped medallions issuing palmettes amidst dense floral ground, two calligraphic registers above, the upper register with Nad-i ‘Ali prayer in Arabic, the lower register with Persian couplets on Imam ‘Ali, including al-Asma al-Husna , with steel suspension chain; the clutch of square and circular section, the armrest fashioned as a snake inscribed with an unidentified couplet, the owner's and maker's name, dated AH 1304/1886 AD; the tasbih stringed with ninety-nine wooden beams, together with two Bektashi star ornaments The beggar's bowl 10in. (26cm.) long; the clutch 27 ½in. (70cm.)
A COCO-DE-MER BEGGAR'S BOWL ( KASHKUL ), AN INSCRIBED STEEL CLUTCH AND PRAYER BEADS ( TASBIHS ) QAJAR IRAN AND OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER The first engraved with a large cusped medallions issuing palmettes amidst dense floral ground, two calligraphic registers above, the upper register with Nad-i ‘Ali prayer in Arabic, the lower register with Persian couplets on Imam ‘Ali, including al-Asma al-Husna , with steel suspension chain; the clutch of square and circular section, the armrest fashioned as a snake inscribed with an unidentified couplet, the owner's and maker's name, dated AH 1304/1886 AD; the tasbih stringed with ninety-nine wooden beams, together with two Bektashi star ornaments The beggar's bowl 10in. (26cm.) long; the clutch 27 ½in. (70cm.)
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