A Qajar polychrome enamelled Ghalian cup, signed by Haider Ali ibn Muhammad, Persia, dated A.H. 1282/A.D. 1865-6

of waisted form with polychrome enamel decoration depicting scenes of family and reclining nudes in cartouches amid birds and flowers on a gold ground, four inscriptive panels, with carved wooden stem

In good overall condition, colours clean and bright, holes where suspension loops would have been, as viewed.
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inscriptions

hasb al-farmayesh-e sarkar-e navvab-e ashraf-e arfa'-e vala yamin al-dawla ruhi fadahu/surat-e etmam padhiroft raqam-e bande-ye dargah haydar 'ali ibn muhammad isma'il naqqash-bashi 1282

'It was completed by the order of the Governor the most Noble, the most Elevated, the Exalted Yamin al-Dawla – may my soul be sacrificed for him – drawn by the servant of the court Haydar 'Ali ibn Muhammad Isma'il Naqqash-bashi 1282 (A.D. 1865-6).'

Haydar 'Ali, like his father Muhammad Isma'il was a lacquer painter who flourished between A.H. 1280/A.D. 1863-4 and A.H. 1297/A.D. 1879-80 (For his other works see Khalili et.al, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Part One, London, 1997, pp.39, 46 & 84 and M. A. Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives & Art of Old Painters of Iran, vol. I, London 1985, pp. 163-4).

Yamin al-Dawla is to be identified with Mas'ud Mirza Zill al-Sultan, the fourth son of Nasir al-Din Shah.  He was titled Yamin al-Dawla in A.H. 1277/A.D. 1860-61 and Zill al-Sultan in A.H. 1286/A.D. 1869-70.