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Dervish's begging bowl

Dervish's begging bowl

probably 1723

Hadji Abass

Persian, ca. 18th century

Steel with gold inlay
6 x 5 in. (15.24 x 12.7 cm)
L.: 9 1/2 in.
Diam.: 2 7/8 in.
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
48.227
Provenance: Acquired by Mr. Thomas B.W. Allen at a Dervish school/colony, Sanandaj (Senna), Kurdistan region, Iran, before 1949; purchased by Dr. Richard Fuller, Seattle Art Museum, 1949
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Published ReferencesRogers, Millard B. "Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 52

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