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IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR OPENWORK CASKET
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
On four feet, the openwork decoration with courtiers, acrobats, horsemen, divs and with feline battling with a serpent in medallions on dense foliated ground, the slightly domed lid with a central panel depicting two mounted knights attempting to free a kneeling figure from a snake, with handles to either side
7 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 5¾in. (18.8 x 13 x 14.5cm.)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
On four feet, the openwork decoration with courtiers, acrobats, horsemen, divs and with feline battling with a serpent in medallions on dense foliated ground, the slightly domed lid with a central panel depicting two mounted knights attempting to free a kneeling figure from a snake, with handles to either side
7 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 5¾in. (18.8 x 13 x 14.5cm.)