Description
The shell is engraved and inscribed with blue ink in English language
CAIRO, MOSQUE MOHAMED ALY
Condition: Excellent.
Dimensions:
16 * 15 cm diam.
Jerusalem Shell, A Rare Beautifully Carved, Pierced & Inscribed Holly Land Seashell, Probably Commissioned to Inaugurate the Ottoman Designed Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha Built in Cairo-Egypt in1830-1848AD,Bethlehem,The Ottoman Empire-Old Palestine,C1840s
Identification Number: 479
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