

Lot 51
Two large Qajar moulded pottery Tiles Persia, 19th Century(2)
10 April 2008, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo large Qajar moulded pottery Tiles
Persia, 19th Century
Persia, 19th Century
rectangular, each decorated in black on a white ground, one depicting Aqa Muhammad Khan, the other Fath'Ali Shah, with identifying inscriptions, surrounded by scrolling floral decoration, above two bands of floral and vegetal interlace
each approx. 47 x 70 cm.(2)
each approx. 47 x 70 cm.(2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
The private collection of H.E. Hossein Ghods-Nakhai, acquired in 1965. Hossein Ghods-Nakhai was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tehran from 1961-1962, and also Iran's Ambassador to the Holy See from 1966-1970 and an honorary president of the Iran Society from 1958-1961. He is the author of The Rubiyat of Ghods.