Arts of the Islamic World and India

A large Canton bowl and dishes made for Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar, Persia, dated 1294 AH/1877 AD

Margin Scheme

Auction Closed

April 24, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

the service consisting of one deep bowl, two shallow dishes and eight matching plates decorated in the famille Rose Canton style with insects, birds, flowers and butterflies, all bearing a nasta'liq inscription within a cartouche surmounted with two heraldic lions and suns under the Qajar crown, the bowl dated, with wooden standa

bowl: 37cm. diam.; 15.5cm. height

one shallow dish: 26.5cm. diam.; the other 23.7cm. diam.

plates: 25cm. diam. approx.

inscriptions

al-sultan ibn al-sultan wa al-khaqan ibn al-khaqan, Nasir al-din shah Qajar

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A closely similar dish is in the Daniel and Serga Nadler Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain in the Winterhur Museum, US; three other plates seemingly from the same service also sold at Bonhams, 11 June 2020, lot 91.