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19th to early 20th century Ablution/Hand washing set:
$900.00
consisting of a long-spouted ewer and matching basin. From the construction, patina, hand-incised decoration, and formThe ewer is usually called an aftaba/aftabeh/aftafa. Your example is hand-worked copper or tinned copper, with a pear-shaped body, tall neck, long curved spout, hinged lid, and ornate openwork handle details. The basin is the companion washing basin, designed to catch water poured over the hands. Bowl is rather large and ewer is quite tall.
