THE RIDDLE !! Large 19th C Ottoman/ Moorish Brass Hanging Vessel with Protection Symbols

ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY OTTOMAN / MOORISH LARGE BRASS HANGING VESSEL WITH PROTECTION SYMBOLS

THIS UNIQUE AND RARE ITEM IS MANUFACTURED FROM SOLID BRASS AND APPEARS HAND MADE.  THE ITEM HAS A HEART SHAPED OPENING IN THE TOP AND HAS THE RATHER UNIQUE SHAPE OF AN EGG.  A NODULE IS SITUATED ON THE SIDE NEAR THE RIM WHICH PERMITS A PIPE TO BE ATTACHED OR FUNCTIONS AS SOME FORM OF BLOW HOLE SINCE IT DOES SEEM AS THOUGH THE ITEM COULD BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BURNING FRAGRANT PLANTS , INCENSE ETC

THIS STRANGE YET BEAUTIFUL BOWL/POT HAS A SERIES OF FOUR CHAINS ATTACHED TO BRASS CLIPS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIM AND SHOULD BE HUNG UP AS NO FLAT SURFACE OR STAND EXISTS UNDERNEATH THE ITEM.   ATTACHED TO THE CHAIN ARE TWO BRASS HAND FIGURES WHICH WOULD BE A PROTECTION SYMBOL ETC

ALTHOUGH THE FUNCTION OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS LOST ON ME, IT WOULD MAKE A BEAUTIFUL PLANTER AND OR CONTAINER

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS NOT STAMPED OR MARKED

LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC : THE LINK BELOW DISPLAYS A SMALL 19th CENTURY OIL LAMP WHICH ALTHOUGH MUCH SMALLER AND MADE OF COPPER, DOES LOOK REMARKABLY LIKE THIS ITEM.  THE 2nd LINK DISPLAY A MIDDLE EASTERN HANGING INCENSE BURNER

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/OIL-LAMP-VINTAGE-HANDMADE-COPPER-HANGING-OIL-LAMP-PERSIA-EARLY-20th-CENTURY-/162565442359?hash=item25d9a7cb37:g:RpkAAOSwTglYkGN5

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brass-and-Copper-Hanging-Incense-Burner-/112471127608

CONDITION : THE ITEM IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DENTS, OXIDATION, RUST OR DAMAGES

SIZE : 13.5cm HEIGHT WITHOUT BRASS CLIPS OR CHAINS.....25.5cm LENGTH.....18.5cm WIDTH.....5.5c m LENGTH OF EACH HAND FIGURE.....5cm WIDTH OF EACH HAND FIGURE.....23cm LENGTH OF CHAINS FROM CLIP TO ARCH

POSTAGE : Collection Possible.      Postage method is Buyers Choice

                   SAPO R50             

                   This LOT may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee