Nice Hand Made Brass Box with Silver and Copper Inlay

A Nice Hand Made Brass Box with Silver and Copper Inlay.  This hand made brass table box with a lot of detailed inlaid art work in silver and copper. It is in the form of ancient rectangular box with carved top.  The inside of the box has been lined with wood, although parts the wood have been peeled off or missing .  The box itself is in a very good condition with a latch but the tiny hinge is missing.  The is not the usual or tiny box.  In comparison, it is a huge box.  It measures just a little over 6 inches long, 3.25 inches wide, and 3.75 inches high, and weighs almost 1 pound and 9 ounces.  There is writing in Arabic on front and top sides.  The writing on top reads:  al-`ilm nafi` wa al-jahl khasi' (Knowledge is useful but ignorance is shameful.  On the front side, it reads: (Understanding is the hight of nobility).  The box possesses a great of charm and beauty.   It was made, most likely, in the early part of the nineteenth century.  [code:B2] 

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