QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ENGRAVED GOLD-DAMASCENED WATERED-STEEL VASES
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Each on circular flanged foot, with bulbous body rising to a flaring flanged neck, the engraved decoration arranged in lobed medallions consisting of dense floral ground between two garlands of smaller medallions to the body, the foot, flange and neck with similar decoration within roundels, hanging palmettes and cusped cartouches, each with gold-damascened borders
14 ½in. (37cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Steelwork of high quality was manufactured in Iran in the 19th century, especially in Isfahan. For a pair of very similar bottle vases, see Vernoit, S., Occidentalism in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, vol.XXIII, Oxford, 1997, cat.100-101).

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