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A CANTONESE ISLAMIC-MARKET INSCRIBED DEEP DISH
DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1879-1880
The dish is decorated with C-scroll cartouches enclosing fgures at various The inscription in Farsi reads: Zill-i Sultan sultan Mas’ud amir zadeh yamin
pursuits and birds and butterfies amongst fowers, on a blue ground al-dawla amjad arfa ashraf hazrat Sa’d farmayesh 1297, which may be
embellished with lotus scroll. The centre is reserved with a calligraphic roundel translated as ‘Ordered by Zill-i Sultan, sultan Mas’ud prince yamin aldawla,
indicating this was commissioned by Zell al-Sultan Masoud Mirza, son of most praiseworthy, most eminent, most noble, his lordship Sa’d’. Zill-i Sultan
Nasir al-Din Shah, dated 1879/1880. was the eldest son of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar. He was, for a time, governor of
13º in. (33.5 cm.) diam. Isfahan.
£4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,400 清1879-1880年外銷粉彩波斯紋大盤
€4,600-6,900
來源: 重要歐洲私人珍藏; Efrosyni Christides女士於第二
次世界大戰前所購, 家傳至今
PROVENANCE
Acquired by Efrosyni Christides, prior to WWII, then by descent within the
family.

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