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A collection of Qajar tile Panels
Lot 49R,TP
A Qajar cuerda seca pottery tile panel depicting two youths Persia, 19th Century
Amended
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,792 inc. premium
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A Qajar cuerda seca pottery tile panel depicting two youths
Persia, 19th Century
Persia, 19th Century
of rectangular form, comprising twelve tiles decorated in polychrome on a white ground with two youths enjoying a picnic in a garden with drinking vessels and a simurgh in a tree, enclosed within a multi-lobed niche, each spandrel with a lion in combat with a deer, the border with floral and foliate vine motifs, framed
each tile 23 x 23 cm.; the frame 98.5 x 75 cm.
each tile 23 x 23 cm.; the frame 98.5 x 75 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance
Formerly in situ in the summer residence of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879-1953), Isle of Wight, UK. Believed to have been acquired in Persia by an earlier resident in the early 20th century.
Private UK collection.
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