A MAMLUK TINNED COPPER BASIN
A MAMLUK TINNED COPPER BASIN

MADE FOR A QADI OF MINYA, EGYPT, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

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A MAMLUK TINNED COPPER BASIN
MADE FOR A QADI OF MINYA, EGYPT, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Engraved with a band of cartouches containing naskh inscriptions and dense scrolling lattice, with roundels with blazons, inscription around the mouth, that around the walls reading: mimma 'umila bi-rasm al-janab al-'ali al-mawlawi al-makhdumi al-qadawi al-'ala'i 'alai [sic] al-din qadi mallawi wa'l-qusiya bi'l-wajh al-qibli al-shafi'i khatimat luhu (It was made for His High Excellency, the Lordly, the Well-served, the Qadi, the Lofty, 'Ala al-Din, Qadi of Mallwai and al-Qusiya in the direction of the Qibla, al-Shafi'i, may his works end in good deeds)
5¾in. (14.5cm.) diam.

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'Ala al-Din al-Shafi'i was the Qadi of Mallawi and al-Qusiya. Mallawi and al-Qusiya are in the district of Minya in Egypt.