QAJAR IRAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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AN ENAMELLED GOLD QALYAN BOWL
QAJAR IRAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, finely painted with three highly detailed floral sprays with perching birds, floral borders, gold suspension chains, silver plated copper tapering upper section pierced with quatrefoils, each part with suspension chains, on carved wooden base, on Perspex stand, with fitted box
8 ¾in. (22cm.) high overall

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Lot Essay

The large flowers of the gul-o bulbul pattern on the present qalyan and lot 7 are directly comparable to the repeating floral bouquet enamelled on a dish signed and dated 1817-18 now at the Victoria and Albert Museum (M.97-1949). A gold amulet box at The Brooklyn Museum, (no. 86.193) is enamelled with similar intricate and powerful bouquets. The blue blooms found on both lots are closely related to the ones seen on an early 19th century saucer decorated with astrological signs at the Ashmolean Museum (accession number EA2009.3).

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