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A Persian Circular Steel DhalQajar, 19th Century
20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,920 inc. premium
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Qajar, 19th Century
Qajar, 19th Century
Of convex form, with four engraved and damascened domed bosses, and an applied brass border, decorated centrally with cartouche-shaped panels each linked together and damascened with gold scrollwork within line borders, all against a profusely chiselled ground of Persian horsemen hunting animals including hares and wolves, the outer border with ovoidal and circular panels of chiselled silver-damascened Persian verses in cursive script between borders of foliage and silver-damascened running arabesques (some wear overall)
52.2 cm. diam.
52.2 cm. diam.








