Bidspirit auction | Damask hand-holding eftaba, year 1900.
Damask hand-holding eftaba, year 1900. Decorated in three parts: a bowl for storing the liquids, the lid of the storage bowl which is also used as a base for the third part, the kettle. Along the vessel there are inlays in different patterns of flowers with silver brass and copper inlays with the inscription ”May you have many years of joy in Jerusalem, Adamashek”. Kettle dimensions: height 45.5 cm, width 27.5 cm, diameter 12 cm. Base dimensions: diameter 34 cm, diameter 11.4 cm, height 10.5 cm. Dimensions of cover plate: diameter 19.5 cm. Source: private collection. numbered. It is important to note that there is a bulge in the lower lip of the aftaba.