Rare antique Persian Islamic carved Kashkul (Sufi begging bowl) coco-de-mer, Safavid period, Persia, circa 1740.
This fine & rare kashkul is carved from the fruit of the palm tree "Lodoicea Maldivica" it is the largest seed on the planet and only found in the Seychelles and now regarded as an endangered species.
A kashkul is a begging bowl carried by a Dervish (a member of a religious order in the Muslim Sufi tradition), these mystics would take a vow of poverty and used such bowls to collect alms.
This bowl is carved with bands of Nasta'liq script with verses from the holy Quran...
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1730s Persian Islamic Antique Nutwood Bowls and Baskets