A PERSIAN CHISELLED STEEL CIRCULAR DHAL with rounded border, and four circular steel bosses, the outer surface chiselled in bas relief with Persepolitan hunting scenes, figures and animals all within shaped panels of foliage, the bottom border en suite and including shaped panels containing Persian verses inscribed in nastaliq script, retaining traces of gold-damascened decoration overall; an Indo-Persian Dhal, of convex circular form, the outer face with applied border and damascened with gold foliage overall, applied brass riband of foliage framing four gold-damascened bosses, and retaining its original velvet lining; and another, similar, but smaller, the outer face with gold and silver-damascened decoration, all 19th Century

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A PERSIAN CHISELLED STEEL CIRCULAR DHAL with rounded border, and four circular steel bosses, the outer surface chiselled in bas relief with Persepolitan hunting scenes, figures and animals all within shaped panels of foliage, the bottom border en suite and including shaped panels containing Persian verses inscribed in nastaliq script, retaining traces of gold-damascened decoration overall; an Indo-Persian Dhal, of convex circular form, the outer face with applied border and damascened with gold foliage overall, applied brass riband of foliage framing four gold-damascened bosses, and retaining its original velvet lining; and another, similar, but smaller, the outer face with gold and silver-damascened decoration, all 19th Century
14¼in., 13½in. and 9in. diams. (3)

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