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LOT 2020
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
LARGE SASSANIAN STYLE SILVER-GILT DECORATED KASHKOOL VESSEL
19TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/8 in. (1.38 kg, 34 cm).
19TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/8 in. (1.38 kg, 34 cm).
Lentoin in plan with facetted surface, alternating plain and gilt sections; underside with frieze of reserved birds, segmented foot.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12444-226862.
LITERATURE:
See Welch, A. Shah ʹAbbas & the Arts of Isfahan, New York, 1973, p.134.
FOOTNOTES:
The kashkool is a beggar's bowl used by itinerant dervishes in Iran and elsewhere.
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