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IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR TURQUOISE-INSET COCO-DE-MER BEGGAR'S BOWL (KASHKUL)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the deeply carved decoration with a cusped medallion inhabited by mens in a garden discoursing and smoking the huqqa watched over by an attendant, flanked by two roundels depicting a young man and a ruler against a background of scrolling vines, the borders with calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq script, the top with a man under a tree, the rim inset with turquoise, some lacking, probably original chains
10¼in. (26cm.) long
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the deeply carved decoration with a cusped medallion inhabited by mens in a garden discoursing and smoking the huqqa watched over by an attendant, flanked by two roundels depicting a young man and a ruler against a background of scrolling vines, the borders with calligraphic cartouches in nasta'liq script, the top with a man under a tree, the rim inset with turquoise, some lacking, probably original chains
10¼in. (26cm.) long
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