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LOT 1210

Qajar Glazed Dish with Face

1796-1925 A.D.

8 7/8 in. (619 grams, 22.5 cm).

Cream-glazed with low basal ring, obverse with cerulean ring enclosing a running tendril with reserved leaves, inner dark blue panel with radiating starburst, centre a reserved disc with human mask. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from old English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1210

Qajar Glazed Dish with Face

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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