Surah Yaseen, Surah Muzammil, Ayat ul Kursi and 4 Qul Tabarruk Brass Bowl
The most complete of our Tabarruk bowls — Surah Yaseen, Surah Muzammil, Ayat ul Kursi and the Four Qul, all carried around a single bowl of brass. It's hand-engraved in Lahore in qalamzani, the four sets of verses worked line by line into the metal — months of an artisan's...
The Craft
Hand-Hammering
Raised from a flat sheet under thousands of hammer blows, the dimpled surface a record of the making.
Cutwork
Openwork lace pierced clean through the metal by hand with a fine needle.
Engraving / Qalamzani
Cut into the metal line by line with a fine steel chisel, the qalam.
Used in this pieceNaqsheen
Floral and geometric patterns chased into the surface freehand by the naqash.
Sand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.
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Gold, Silver |
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