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Lot 78R
A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales Persia, dated AH 1253/ AD 1837-38
26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,187.50 inc. premium
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A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales
Persia, dated AH 1253/ AD 1837-38
Persia, dated AH 1253/ AD 1837-38
of rectangular form with hinged lid, containing two sets of steel balances and brass pans and eight weights of various sizes, the box decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral sprays and perching birds, the border of the lid a series of inscription-filled cartouches
25.1 x 14.6 x 5.2 cm.
25.1 x 14.6 x 5.2 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance
Private UK collection.
Inscriptions: 'After having put together the letter of our sins, they took it and weighed it against [our] deeds', more than anyone, was our sins, but they forgave us for our love of 'Ali'; 'Whoever has the love of Haydar and Safdar (i.e. Imam 'Ali) in his heart, will be risen like justice on the last judgment day. Do not trade except in honesty, If you are honest, you set your affairs in order, dated 1253.
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