A Qajar enamelled silver mirror, Iran, 19th century

of rectangular form set with mirror glass surmounted by an enamelled calligraphic crown flanked by peacock roundels, lobed calligraphic cartouches and quatrefoils framing paired birds and foliage against a silver repoussé ground of major and minor bands of scrolling tendrils issuing flowerheads, the repoussé reverse with a trellis of quatrefoils enclosing flowerheads, silver studs

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Qur'an sura al-Ikhlas (CXII) and the call to God to bless 'The Fourteen Innocents'