SIGNED MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1312/1894-95 AD

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A PIERCED AND GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL MIRROR CASE
SIGNED MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1312/1894-95 AD
The rectangular case with hinged door concealing the mirror, front and back with cut-out cusped cartouche giving the name and titles of Nasir al-Din Shah in elegant gold-overlaid nasta'liq, the front with a one line inscription above and signed and dated below, both sides with gold-overlaid decorative borders
7 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 1/4in. (18.5 x 13.8 x 1.1cm.)

Engraved

At the top, in gold: farmayish-i janab nizam al-saltana hakim-i malakat-i fars, 'Order of His Excellence Nizam al-Saltana, governor of Fars'
In open work: al-sultan wa'l-khaqan bin al-khaqan al-sultan nasir al-din shah qajar, 'The Sultan, son of the Sultan, and the Khaqan, al-Sultan Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar'
At the bottom, in gold: 'amal-i kamtarin muhammad ibrahim 1312, 'Work of the lowliest Muhammad Ibrahim, 1312 (1894-5 AD)'

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INSCRIPTIONS:
At the top, in gold: farmayish-i janab nizam al-saltana hakim-i malakat-i fars, 'Order of His Excellence Nizam al-Saltana, governor of Fars'
In open work: al-sultan wa'l-khaqan bin al-khaqan al-sultan nasir al-din shah qajar, 'The Sultan, son of the Sultan, and the Khaqan, al-Sultan Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar'
At the bottom, in gold: 'amal-i kamtarin muhammad ibrahim 1312, 'Work of the lowliest Muhammad Ibrahim, 1312 (1894-5 AD)'

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