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21. 21R A Qajar underglaze-painted pottery and brass-mounted…
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21. 21R A Qajar underglaze-painted pottery and brass-mounted…
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
21. 21R A Qajar underglaze-painted pottery and brass-mounted ewer
Persia, late 19th Century
the pottery body decorated in polychrome with floral decoration and birds, with applied brass spout, foot, handle and lid, the hinged domed lid engraved with inscription-filled cartouches and bands of inscription, surmounted by a section from a Bohemian glass stopper
49 cm. high
Inscriptions: upper band to lid, undeciphered; cartouches to lid, endowment inscription to the shrine of Imam Husayn with warnings for those who alienate the endowment; lower band to lid, verses invoking Muhammad, 'Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husayn.
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