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IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A FINE QAJAR COCO-DE-MER BEGGING BOWL (KASHKUL)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the engraved decoration with a lion pouncing on an ox in a central medallion against a gul-o-bulbul backgound within a cusped cartouche, the top with a bearded man smoking the huqqa seated with a dervish and a courtier in a garden, the border with a floral frieze, the body with two calligraphic bands, with original brass chains
10¾in. (27.5cm.) long
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the engraved decoration with a lion pouncing on an ox in a central medallion against a gul-o-bulbul backgound within a cusped cartouche, the top with a bearded man smoking the huqqa seated with a dervish and a courtier in a garden, the border with a floral frieze, the body with two calligraphic bands, with original brass chains
10¾in. (27.5cm.) long
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