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A QAJAR DAMASCENED AND ENGRAVED EWER AND BASIN, IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
The ewer on a spreading foot, with bulbous body rising to a slender waist and flaring mouth, domed cover rising to a pointed lid, spout with bulbous end and dragon headed handle, decorated either side to body with cartouche engraved with flowers, handle with engraved and danascened scrolling vine; the basin of squat form with flared rim, the rim decorated with a series of split palmette motifs on a floral and damascened ground, with pierced insert - 18 1/4in. (47cm.) high (2)
The ewer on a spreading foot, with bulbous body rising to a slender waist and flaring mouth, domed cover rising to a pointed lid, spout with bulbous end and dragon headed handle, decorated either side to body with cartouche engraved with flowers, handle with engraved and danascened scrolling vine; the basin of squat form with flared rim, the rim decorated with a series of split palmette motifs on a floral and damascened ground, with pierced insert - 18 1/4in. (47cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The Doorn-Koller Collection, formed in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
Special notice
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Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.