A FINE QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED AND ENGRAVED STEEL VASE, rising from a square plinth with angled sides and feet through a domed foot and boss to the elegant baluster shape body, the tall neck with flaring mouth flanked by twin handles terminating in dragons' heads, the body engraved with a large floral cartouche on each side around a central damascened shaped panel, the mouth damascened with panels containing engraved floral sprays, the foot with similar floral cartouches within gold surrounds, the inside of the mouth with a simple band of gold arcading, 19th century