Glass vessel XIV century was sold for 2.2 million dollars
 

Owned more than one hundred years the family of Baron Rothschild glass bowl for rinsing the fingers went under the hammer at an auction of art of the Islamic world in London for 1.55 million pounds sterling (2,2 million). Pre-auction estimate of the vessel amounted to 600-800 thousand pounds, reports The Telegraph.
Gold-plated and decorated with enamel vessel dates from the XIV century. It was created in Egypt or in Syria during the reign of the Mamluk sultans there. In the world there are four similar cups, three are kept in museums in Cairo, Lisbon and Kassel (Germany), and the location of the fourth is unknown. It is believed that the cup from the collection of Rothschild was one of the last still in private hands.

never understood why so many dishes is

because it beats, and we end up with very little

gilt enamel perfect condition (a bowl for more than 700 years) the inscription in Arabic (probably verses from the Koran) Provenance ideal and most importantly, only in private collections .