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IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR ENAMELLED GOLD QALIAN BOWL
IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of trumpet form, the surface decorated in fine polychrome enamel with two major and four minor medallion portraits of an erotic nature on a ground of gul-o-bulbul decoration, a register of scrolling floral vine around the base between strapwork bands, the underside with a French import stamp, the interior with green and yellow enamel, the exterior of the rim with a band of vine issuing rosettes, minor areas of loss to this band
2¾in. (6.8cm.) high
IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of trumpet form, the surface decorated in fine polychrome enamel with two major and four minor medallion portraits of an erotic nature on a ground of gul-o-bulbul decoration, a register of scrolling floral vine around the base between strapwork bands, the underside with a French import stamp, the interior with green and yellow enamel, the exterior of the rim with a band of vine issuing rosettes, minor areas of loss to this band
2¾in. (6.8cm.) high
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