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A QAJAR SILVER DERVISH'S BOWL (KASHKUL)
PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of coco-de-mer form, the sides worked in repoussé and chased with a band of inscription cartouches above a band of floral meander, the underside with a broad band of animal and floral cartouches on a scrolling flowering vine ground, the top with a panel depicting two seated dervishes, one with a kashkul smoking a nargileh, the other with a large bowl, a semi-circular hinged covered aperture below engraved with floral motifs, inset red bead, associated silver chain and loops
6in. (15.5cm.) long
PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of coco-de-mer form, the sides worked in repoussé and chased with a band of inscription cartouches above a band of floral meander, the underside with a broad band of animal and floral cartouches on a scrolling flowering vine ground, the top with a panel depicting two seated dervishes, one with a kashkul smoking a nargileh, the other with a large bowl, a semi-circular hinged covered aperture below engraved with floral motifs, inset red bead, associated silver chain and loops
6in. (15.5cm.) long