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IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF QAJAR MARQUETRY MOSAIC (KHATAMKAR) DOORS
Iran, 19th century
Each of rectangular form with three recessed panels, the larger central panel with a central carved wood oval insert pierced with flowering vine around the portrait of a shah, one named as Shah 'Abbas, medallions containing animals among scrolling vine above and below, on a ground of fine mosaic designs, the upper and lower panels with mosaic lozenges on a similar ground, in a border of alternating shaped concentric cartouches containing mosaic designs between coloured stringing, slight damages and old repairs
Overall 73¾ x 38½in. (187.5 x 98cm.) (2)
Iran, 19th century
Each of rectangular form with three recessed panels, the larger central panel with a central carved wood oval insert pierced with flowering vine around the portrait of a shah, one named as Shah 'Abbas, medallions containing animals among scrolling vine above and below, on a ground of fine mosaic designs, the upper and lower panels with mosaic lozenges on a similar ground, in a border of alternating shaped concentric cartouches containing mosaic designs between coloured stringing, slight damages and old repairs
Overall 73¾ x 38½in. (187.5 x 98cm.) (2)
Provenance
Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck
Literature
Pal, Pratapaditya (ed.): Islamic Art, the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, Los Angeles, 1973, no.359, p.179.
Special notice
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