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TEN CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS AND DISHES FROM THE "BLUE" SERVICE OF ZILL-I SULTAN

CHINA, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD

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TEN CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS AND DISHES FROM THE "BLUE" SERVICE OF ZILL-I SULTAN
China, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD
Comprising two large serving bowls, one with dish en suite, a smaller bowl with dish en suite, and five further graduated large serving dishes, each hemispherical bowl with short foot, the dish of shallow rounded form, the surface of each extensively and finely enamelled with polychrome lotus sprays on a blue ground around cartouches depicting figural scenes alternating with gold cartouches with floral sprays, the bands of such decoration divided by bands of trellis motifs, the centre of the dish and two sides of the bowl with a gold painted roundel containing the names and titles of Zill-i Sultan, some inscriptions slightly rubbed, one dish with hair cracks
Largest bowls 14½in. (36.8cm.) diam. (10)

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Lot Essay

The nasta'liq inscription contained in the central roundel reads: 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).
Zill-i Sultan was the eldest son of Nasr al-Din Shah who held the post of Governor of Isfahan.
Three further pieces from the same service were sold in these Rooms 25 April 1997, lots 215 and 216.

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