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A QAJAR SILVER INLAID PIERCED COPPER CASKET, IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form on four corner bracket feet, with hinged lid and handles to sides, the sides and lid decorated with silver inlaid roundels featuring male and female figures and anthropomorphic creatures, against a ground of pierced floriated arabesque, the lid with central plaque featuring mounted horsemen killing a dragon - 5 1/2 x 9 5/8in. (14 x 25cm.)
Of rectangular form on four corner bracket feet, with hinged lid and handles to sides, the sides and lid decorated with silver inlaid roundels featuring male and female figures and anthropomorphic creatures, against a ground of pierced floriated arabesque, the lid with central plaque featuring mounted horsemen killing a dragon - 5 1/2 x 9 5/8in. (14 x 25cm.)
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