Large brass "dallah" coffee pot. Arabian Peninsula, Arabian Gulf, Bahrain. Coffee pot with bulbous body and long spout with hinged flap, fitted with a pointed dome-shaped lid, in partially tinned yellow copper. The neck and spout are decorated with vegetal and geometric frieze registers. The flap ends in a tassel. The curved handle is covered with leather straps. In its red-trimmed box, decorated with a photo of a traditional craftsman making a dallah. H. 40 cm. Provenance: Royal Family of Bahrain. This dallah was offered as a personal token of esteem. A dallah is a traditional, emblematic Arab coffeepot used to prepare and serve coffee in the Arabian Peninsula or Persian Gulf. The Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain meaning "the two seas") is a constitutional monarchy on the Arabian Peninsula and an island state whose capital is Manama. The archipelago, named after its main island (al-Bahrayn), is located in the Persian Gulf between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Bahrain has been independent since 1783, and has since been ruled by the Sunni Al Khalifa ruling family. The Emirate of Bahrain, the majority of whose population is Shiite, has been a kingdom since 2002, ruled by King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa (b. 1950). From his four wives, the king has had seven sons and five daughters. Expert: Laure Soustiel (SFEP expert) Tel: 06 09 47 27 31 e-mail: laure@soustiel.com