Matthew Thomas
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Lot 108*
An Achaemenid Revival repoussé silver Box mounted with Qajar lacquer Playing Cards Persia, late 19th and early 20th Century
8 October 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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An Achaemenid Revival repoussé silver Box mounted with Qajar lacquer Playing Cards
Persia, late 19th and early 20th Century
Persia, late 19th and early 20th Century
of rectangular form with hinged lid, decorated in repoussé with a central cartouche depicting subjects presenting offerings to a king beneath a flying angel, surrounded by a band of mounted lacquer playing cards depicting soldiers and portraits of Nasir al-Din Shah on a ground of repoussé silver floral sprays with perching birds, the edges with further mounted playing cards depicting a mother and child, dancing ladies and quadrupeds in combat, the borders with repoussé scrolling floral vines
28.5 x 21 x 11 cm.
28.5 x 21 x 11 cm.
Footnotes
Please note that this lot is subject to 5% import tax on the hammer price.