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LOT 0259
Qajar Glazed Plate with Hero
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
17 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (5.2 kg, 44.5 x 45 cm).
Border of reserved running tendrils and leaves, central panel a horseman riding in a landscape; white horse with saddle blanket supporting a hero with plumed helmet and shield slung over his back, wielding a dagger in his left hand against a winged serpent wrapped around the rump and hindlegs of his horse, his right hand strangling another such beast; mounted in a wooden display frame.
Provenance
Ex private collection, UK.
with Rosebery's, London, UK, 10 December 2013, no.1184.
with Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany.
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