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LOT 1089
Qajar Period Decorated Bowl
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (195 grams, 11.9 cm wide).
Spun bronze bowl with everted rim, dense low-relief decoration of tendrils and interlace with quatrefoil panels each with a kneeling figure.
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
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LOT 1089
Qajar Period Decorated Bowl
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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