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Painted Enamelled Plaques of The Iranian Royal Family Painted Enamelled Plaques of The Iranian Royal Family Painted Enamelled Plaques of The Iranian Royal Family
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LOT 1107

Painted Enamelled Plaques of The Iranian Royal Family

19TH CENTURY A.D.

20 x 19 3/4 in. (3 kg total, 50.5 x 49 cm).

Group of portrait miniatures on glass discs including two males in military uniform, a close-up female face, female bust in three-quarter view, Iranian royal badge of an advancing lion wielding a sword with the rising sun on its back, and cinquefoil with lion-and-sun motif to the centre; mounted in a glazed wooden frame with gilt edging.

Provenance

Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1107

Painted Enamelled Plaques of The Iranian Royal Family

Sold for (Inc. bp): £975

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