Lot 433
Copper Bucket - "Keep Your Tongue from Evil" - Egypt
Bucket with handle. [Probably Egypt, first decades of the 20th century].
Hammered, engraved and punched copper.
The sides of the bucket are decorated with four ornamental strips. Two of the strips feature a leafy branch motif; one contains a hammered inscription with the Biblical verse "Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit" (Hebrew); the lowermost strip shows animal decorations - camels, sheep and other animals. Handle attached with rivets.
Rim diameter: 24 cm, height: 23 cm. Slight bends. Some corrosion.
See also item 408.
