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IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A ROYAL QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL PENCASE (QALAMDAN)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form with rounded ends and sliding top, the top damascened in gold with the central royal lion and sun emblem flanked by scrolling fronds, a crescent at each end, on a ground of finely engraved flowering tendrils, the sides with bolder floral engraving and gold arabesques, together with a QAJAR DAMASCENED STEEL NARGILEH BOWL with figural medallions, and A PAIR OF OTTOMAN DAMASCENED STEEL SCISSORS, the handles of brass in the form of the words Ya Fatah, (Oh opener), handles with traces of gilding
pencase 8¼in. (21cm.) long (3)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form with rounded ends and sliding top, the top damascened in gold with the central royal lion and sun emblem flanked by scrolling fronds, a crescent at each end, on a ground of finely engraved flowering tendrils, the sides with bolder floral engraving and gold arabesques, together with a QAJAR DAMASCENED STEEL NARGILEH BOWL with figural medallions, and A PAIR OF OTTOMAN DAMASCENED STEEL SCISSORS, the handles of brass in the form of the words Ya Fatah, (Oh opener), handles with traces of gilding
pencase 8¼in. (21cm.) long (3)
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