Sale 5560
London, South Kensington
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29 April 2005
Price realised
GBP 840
Estimate
Two similar Qajar polychrome rectangular tiles, 19th century Moulded with scenes of figures on horseback, each grappling with a dragon in a flowering landscape, beneath border panels of birds and trailing flower sprays -- 13¾in. x 10in. (35cm x 25.5cm). (2)
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