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Lot 91

Three Cantonese export porcelain dishes made for Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg.1848-1896)
China, the service dated AH 1294/ AD 1877-78
(3)

11 June 2020, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,275 inc. premium

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Three Cantonese export porcelain dishes made for Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg.1848-1896)
China, the service dated AH 1294/ AD 1877-78

each of shallow form, elaborately decorated in gilt and polychrome on a white ground with a central roundel bearing a landscaped water motif and a bird, the upper cusped medallion containing an inscription-filled cartouche surmounted by two lion and sun motifs, a crown above, further panels and cartouches with birds and floral motifs
the largest 25 cm. diam.(3)

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Inscriptions: al-sultan bin al-sultan bin al-khaqan bin al-khaqan nasir al-din shah qajar, 'The Sultan son of the Sultan son of the Ruler son of the Ruler, Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar'.

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