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FOURTEEN CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS AND DISHES FROM THE "BLUE" SERVICE OF ZILL-I SULTAN

CHINA, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD

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FOURTEEN CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS AND DISHES FROM THE "BLUE" SERVICE OF ZILL-I SULTAN
CHINA, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD
Comprising a series of serving bowls, smaller bowls and graduated dishes, each hemispherical bowl with short foot, the dishes of shallow rounded form, the surface of each extensively and finely enamelled with polychrome lotus sprays on a blue ground around cartouches depicting figural scenes alternating with gold cartouches with floral sprays, the bands of such decoration divided by bands of trellis motifs, the centre of each dish and two sides of each bowl with a gold painted roundel containing the names and titles of Zill-i Sultan, some inscriptions slightly rubbed, one dish with hair cracks
Largest 15¾in. (40cm.) diam.; smallest 4 3/8in. (11cm.) diam. (14)

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Lot Essay

The nasta'liq inscription contained in the central roundel reads: Zill-i Sultan sultan Mas'ud amir zadeh yamin al-dawla amjad arfa ashraf hazrat Sa'd farmayesh 1297 (Ordered by Zill-i Sultan, Sultan Mas'ud Prince Yamin al-Dawla, most praiseworthy, most eminent, most noble, his lordship Sa'd).
Zill-i Sultan was the eldest son of Nasr al-Din Shah who held the post of Governor of Isfahan. For further details and his personal seal please see lot 92.

Ten vessels from the same service were sold in these Rooms 16 October 2001, lot 306; further examples were sold on 25 April 1997, lots 215 and 216. A further group is in the Khalili Collection (Stephen Vernoit, Occidentalism, the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London, 1997, nos.87-89, pp.152-3).

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