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A Canton enamel porcelain dish from the service of Nasr Al-Din…
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Melbourne
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29-Aug-2021
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A Canton enamel porcelain dish from the service of Nasr Al-Din Shah, Qajar of Persia, Guangxu period, 1876 the dish is decorated with a bird on a rock with peony spray, flanked by six cusped cartouches, five of which contain similar motifs including butterflies, the sixth enclosing a smaller cusped oval panel with a nasta'liq inscription in the name of Nasr al-Din Shah, surmounted by two heraldic lion and sun motifs which flank the Qajar crown, all on a gold ground profusely strewn with flowers and Persian lotus. 1876 27.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney, Australia
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Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese