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A 19th century Chinese famille rose large shallow bowl, the…
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Auckland
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15-Jun-2021
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A 19th century Chinese famille rose large shallow bowl, the central cartouche uncommonly with Persian script including date translating to 1880, framed by alternating panels of figures and florals heightened with butterflies. Finely decorated ground. Elaborate gilt enrichments. Diameter 36 cm. Provenance: By bequest. Our vendor's grandfather was based in Iran, as the chief accountant for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (the predecessor of BP Oil), from the early 1920's through to the 1940s. Our vendor's mother, was sent to New Zealand to attend boarding school, joining other family already in the country. See accompanying manuscript note: 'Shah of Persia's sale when he left Iran. Mum bought it approx. 1942-3 at the sale in Isphan (sic) [Isphahan]' In 1941 Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878 - 1944) Shah of Iran (Persia), the monarch who founded the Pahlavi dynasty was forced by the invading British to abdicate in favour of his son. He was exiled and died three years later in South Africa.
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Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese