Note 96 — TALE OF GHANIM BIN AYYUB[79], THE DISTRAUGHT, THE THRALL O' LOVE.
Richard Francis Burton translation
It is or rather was the custom in Egypt and Syria to range long rows of fine China bowls along the shelves running round the rooms at the height of six or seven feet, and they formed a magnificent cornice. I bought many of them at Damascus till the people, learning their value, asked prohibitive prices.