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FOUR 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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FOUR CANTON FAMILLE ROSE BOWLS AND DISHES FROM THE "BLUE" SERVICE OF ZILL-I SULTAN
CHINA, DATED AH 1297/1879-80 AD
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 with a gold painted roundel containing the names and titles of Zill-i Sultan, some inscriptions slightly rubbed
10¾in. (27.5cm.) diam. the largest (4)

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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.
Three pieces from the same service were sold in Christies King Street, 25 April 1997, lots 215 and 216, and ten further pieces on 16 October 2001, lot 306.

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