Inv. no. LNS 293 M
Cast, with lathe-cut details, engraved and gilded
Height 7.5 cm; diameter 22.8 cm
India, probably Hyderabad, dated 956 AH/1549-50 AD
LNS 293 M
Parcel gilt bronze divining bowl (central post and rotational element lost), the interior with stellate layout; covered with inscriptions, including passages from the Qur’an, invocations to the twelve Shi‘a imams and inscriptions and numbers of talismanic character; signed and dated by the maker, Husayn Shakani; inscribed after manufacture with an owner’s name, ‘Halim Bayg’