Lot 14

A GROUP OF CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN BOWLS AND DISHES FROM THE ZILL-I SULTAN SERVICE

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A GROUP OF CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN BOWLS AND DISHES FROM THE ZILL-I SULTAN SERVICE

CHINA AND IRAN, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD

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A GROUP OF CHINESE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN BOWLS AND DISHES FROM THE ZILL-I SULTAN SERVICE
CHINA AND IRAN, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD
Comprising two large basins, two large dishes and one smaller dish, each decorated in a 'Canton famille rose' palette on a blue enamelled ground with alternating panels of court figures and gilt-ground bouquets in the 'rose medallion' style, dedicatory nasta'liq inscription in the name of Zill-i Sultan
Largest basin: 15 ¾in (40 cm.) diam.

Engraved

Zill-i Sultan sultan Mas'ud amir zadeh yamin al-dawla amjad arfa ashraf hazrat Sa'd farmayesh 1297, 'Ordered by Zill-i Sultan, sultan Mas'ud prince yamin al-dawla, most praiseworthy, most eminent, most noble, his lordship Sa'd.'

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Lot Essay

From a service made for Mas'ud Mirza Zil-i Sultan al Dawla, named Governor of Isfahan in 1874. See Nadler, 2000, pp. 171-173, where the author notes that the inscription, 'bearing his name and date AH 1297 (AD 1879)....(is) replete with complimentary titles and highly laudatory of the prince.'

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