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A LARGE CANTONESE POWDER BLUE GROUND PUNCH BOWL MADE FOR ZILL-I SULTAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
painted and gilt with typical famille rose designs, part of a large service made for the Iranian prince Ma'sud Mirza, known as Zill-i Sultan, with roundels with a Persian inscription in gold nasta'liqI dated 1297 (1879-80 AD) - 16in. (40.6cm.) diameter
painted and gilt with typical famille rose designs, part of a large service made for the Iranian prince Ma'sud Mirza, known as Zill-i Sultan, with roundels with a Persian inscription in gold nasta'liqI dated 1297 (1879-80 AD) - 16in. (40.6cm.) diameter
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