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24. A Cantonese export porcelain dish made for Zill al-Sulta…
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24. A Cantonese export porcelain dish made for Zill al-Sulta…
Estimate €500 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
24. A Cantonese export porcelain dish made for Zill al-Sultan (1850-1918)
China, dated AH 1297/ AD 1879-1880
of shallow rounded form on a short foot, profusely decorated in polychrome and gilt with a central inscription-filled roundel to the well, surrounded by cartouches depicting perching birds, floral sprays and butterflies on a ground of similar motifs
21 cm. diam
Inscriptions: farmayesh-e hazrat-e as'ad-e amjad-e arfa'-e ashraf-e vala sultan mas'ud mirza yamin al-dawlah zill al-sultan 129[7], 'Commissioned by His Excellency, the most Auspicious, the most Glorious, the Sublime, the most Noble, the Exalted Sultan Mas'ud Mirza Yamin al-Dawlah Zill al-Sultan 129[7] (1879–80)'.
Prince Masoud Mirza Yamin al-Dawla Zill al-Sultan was born to Nasr al-Din Shah as a commoner, therefore not in line to the Qajar throne, which would be inherited by his brother, Muzaffar al-Din. He held the post of governor in various provinces of Persia, including Isfahan, where he was renowned for his cruelty and for the destruction of the extant Safavid palaces. For further information, see M. Bamdad, Dictionary of National Biography of Iran, 1700-1900, vol. 4, 1966, pp. 78-100).
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