Sale 5560
London, South Kensington
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29 April 2005
Price realised
GBP 480
Estimate
A SAFAVID BRONZE BOWL, IRAN, AH 1026/1617 AD Of compressed circular form decorated with panels of arabesques below a band of nasta'liq dedicated to the owner Husayn Ali ibn Haji Mohammad and dated 1026 -- 11in. (28cm.) diam.
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