Lot 187*,R
A Mughal jade mirror in a fitted Qajar lacquer case made for Hamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang, uncle of Nasir al'Din Shah Qajar North India and Persia, the mirror 17th/ 18th Century, the lacquer case made between AH 1295 (AD 1868-69) and AH 1297 (AD 1880)
25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £56,500 inc. premium
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A Mughal jade mirror in a fitted Qajar lacquer case made for Hamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang, uncle of Nasir al'Din Shah Qajar
North India and Persia, the mirror 17th/ 18th Century, the lacquer case made between AH 1295 (AD 1868-69) and AH 1297 (AD 1880)
North India and Persia, the mirror 17th/ 18th Century, the lacquer case made between AH 1295 (AD 1868-69) and AH 1297 (AD 1880)
the mirror of octagonal form, the back carved in relief with a central flowerhead surrounded by foliate tendrils and other flowerheads, the border with repeating foliate motifs, the front with bevelled mirror glass, within a hatched gold band, the fitted lacquer case of octagonal form with hinged lid and silver clasp, decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral sprays, perching birds and nastaliq inscriptions to cover and reverse, the interior of the lid with a border of undulating floral vines
13.2 x 9.3 cm.
13.2 x 9.3 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance
Hamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang (d. 1880).
Private Greek collection, acquired by the vendor's grandfather whilst ambassador to Iran in the 1960s.
Inscriptions: two Persian couplets in praise of Hamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang.
Hamzah Mirza Hishmat al-Dawlah, Amir-i Jang was the 21st son of 'Abbas Mirza and the uncle of Nasir al-Din Shah. He was appointed Minister of War, and titled Hishmat al-Dawlah in AH 1285 (AD 1868-9). He held governorship of various provinces during his life. For more information see M. Bandad, Dictionary of National Biography of Iran, Vol. 1, pp.462-8 and H. Mahbubi Ardakani, chehel sal tarikh-e iran, additional notes on al-ma'athir wa al-athar, vol. 2, Teheran, 1368 sh. (1989), pp.465-6).
The gold surrounding the mirror glass is directly comparable to that on a mirror dated to c. 1700 in the Victoria and Albert Museum from the collection of Colonel Charles Seton Gutherie (02587(IS).
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