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LOT 1173
Persian Painting Depicting Nader Shah Slaying Deve
LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
18 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. (512 grams, 48 x 36 cm).
Dynamic scene depicting an armed warrior attacking a demon with a khanjar dagger; the demon with leopard-spots to his skin, clutching a mace in his left hand; second demon looking on from the rear; oil on paper mâché mounted in a wooden frame.
ProvenanceProperty of K.P., a Cornish lady collector, UK.
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Opening Bid: £110
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Fine condition.
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Of lentoid form with u-section medial channel incorporating three suspension lugs, short spout with rounded rim, central raised ring to the upper face decorated with a stylised star, the body with concentric roundels. 1.4 kg, 26 cm wide
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Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung, composed of white circular beads of stone, shell, and glass, including biconical, irregular and other types. 19.4 grams, 48 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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