Lot 174
Two Qajar all-steel zoomorphic Standards and one Helmet Persia, 19th Century(3)
10 April 2008, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,320 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo Qajar all-steel zoomorphic Standards and one Helmet
Persia, 19th Century
Persia, 19th Century
the standards with long cylindrical shafts, one with bull's head terminal, the other by a div, the helmet in the form of div
standard 76.5 cm. max; helmet 20.4 cm. diam. max(3)
standard 76.5 cm. max; helmet 20.4 cm. diam. max(3)
Footnotes
Provenance:
The private collection of H.E. Hossein Ghods-Nakhai, acquired in the 1960s. Hossein Ghods-Nakhai was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tehran from 1961-1962, and was also Iran's Ambassador to the Holy See from 1966-1970 and an honorary president of the Iran Society from 1958-1961. He is the author of The Rubiyat of Ghods.