his brass alms dish is in the form of a boat with dragon heads at either end, its eyes are made of turquoise. The dish is engraved with rumi scrollwork and medallions. Quranic inscriptions fill up the outside. The owner and the maker finds a mentions too. Some Persian poems are also present. Kashkul as they were called in Turkish, were carried by dervishes for alms collection. (Safavid, 17th century)
his brass alms dish is in the form of a boat with dragon heads at either end, its eyes are made of turquoise. The dish is engraved with rumi scrollwork and medallions. Quranic inscriptions fill up the outside. The owner and the maker finds a mentions too. Some Persian poems are also present. Kashkul as they were called in Turkish, were carried by dervishes for alms collection. (Safavid, 17th century)