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Mabkhara

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with inward sloping sides which support a square cup with outward sloping sides. The wooden base is often carved out to form legs. The cup itself is lined with sheet metal. Older
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in the shape of mabkharas in public areas. Bronze mabkharas ornament the public gardens surrounding the water tower in
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tacks, often with mirrors in the panels of the upper part. The legs were ordinarily covered with sheet
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mabkhara. For example, there is a mabkhara sculpture surrounded by coffee pots that stands in a
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have included mabkharas as decorative landscape elements. In
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Arabic
[mabxara]
censer
Arab World
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square
pedestal base
burners
metal
brass
metal
shiny
metal
traditional
shape
mirrors
Ha'il Province
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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