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Lot 80R

A Qajar Khatamkari backgammon board
Persia, 19th Century

22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Qajar Khatamkari backgammon board
Persia, 19th Century

of rectangular form with hinged lid and key hole, inlaid with micro-mosaic components, including bone, forming geometric designs and stellar motifs, the lid and front of box below keyhole with inscription-filled cartouches, the interior lined in floral block printed kalamkari cotton
66.4 x 25.6 x 20.8 cm.

Footnotes

Inscriptions: Persian couplets on the game of backgammon; and a verse from a ghazal of Hafiz, a part of which has become a common saying: 'What will be, will be'.

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