Inscribed Bowl

Artist

West Asian
probably : Syrian (Syrian)

Date

20th century

Medium

Silvered copper

Dimensions

Work : 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (8.89 x 16.51 x 16.51 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Neznek '70

Object Number

2019.83.4

Label

Copper has been used in Syria to make cooking vessels and tablewares for more than five thousand years. This dish bowl reflects the kind of tablewares that were used in ordinary Syrian homes a century or so ago. It is decorated with an inscription that has not yet been identified or translated.