Islamic Art - Property of a European Collector Part II

Lot 256 - AN ILLUSTRATED EROTIC MANUSCRIPT: THE BOOK OF ALFIEH AND SHARDUYEH Iran, dated Saturday the end of Rajab 1222 AH (October 1807)

Sold for £20,000

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Lot 136 - A PAIR OF QAJAR REPOUSSÉ SILVER VASES WITH MYTHOLOGICAL ACHAEMENID-REVIVAL SCENES Shiraz, Fars, Iran, dated 1317 AH (1899)

Sold for £12,500

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Lot 223 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH THE KINGS OF IRAN Qajar Iran, dated Rajab 1320 AH (1902) and signed Abdul Hossein Sani' Humayun

Sold for £11,875

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Lot 239 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH EROTIC SCENES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £8,125

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Lot 158 - A CONCERTINA MURAQQA' ALBUM OF CALLIGRAPHY AND MINIATURES Iran and India, 19th century

Sold for £6,250

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Lot 189 - AN INTERIOR SCENE WITH A LADY PLAYING A PERSIAN TAR (LUTE) Iran, dated 1197 AH (1782 - 83), signed Ya Sadiq Al-Wa'd (Muhammad Sadiq, active 1740s-90s)

Sold for £5,750

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Lot 190 - AN INTERIOR SCENE WITH A COUPLE AND A TURKEY Iran, dated 1199 AH (1784 - 85), signed Muhammad ibn Khodadad

Sold for £5,750

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Lot 191 - AN INTERIOR WINE-DRINKING SCENE Iran, late 18th century, in the style of Muhammad ibn Khodadad

Sold for £5,000

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Lot 224 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH BAHRAM GUR AND THE SEVEN PRINCESSES Qajar Iran, dated 1298 AH (1880)

Sold for £5,000

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Lot 243 - FARHAD AND SHIRIN BY VAHSHI BAFQI (1532-1583) Iran, 19th century

Sold for £4,750

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Lot 253 - AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT OF A DISPERSED KHAMSA OF NIZAMI GANJAVI Iran, dated 1650 and 1651, with later illuminations 

Sold for £4,250

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Lot 249 - AN ILLUSTRATED SAFINA OF SA’DI POETRY Iran, the text 18th century, the illuminations 19th century

Sold for £4,000

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Lot 201 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER OVAL DISH WITH YUSUF AN ZULEYKHA Qajar Iran, first half 19th century

Sold for £3,750

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Lot 230 - A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH A STANDING PORTRAIT Qajar Iran, dated 1271 AH (1854) and signed Ya Shah Najaf (Najaf 'Ali, 1795 - 1863)

Sold for £3,750

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Lot 113 - TWO PORTRAITS OF QAJAR COUPLES Iran, 19th century

Sold for £3,500

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Lot 144 - TWO ARCHAISTIC SAFAVID-REVIVAL PORTRAITS Iran, late 19th - mid 20th century

Sold for £3,000

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Lot 237 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH SCENES OF THE ESCAPE TO EGYPT Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 248 - A GOLSHAN-E RAAZ BY SHEYKH MAHMOUD SHABESTARI AND TWO OTHER MANUSCRIPTS Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 116 - A GOLD RING WITH A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMEL PORTRAIT OF FATH 'ALI SHAH (R.1797 - 1834) Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,500

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Lot 219 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER BOX: THE LOVERS OBSERVED Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,375

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Lot 207 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER QALYAN CUP Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £2,250

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Lot 114 - THREE OVAL PORTRAITS OF QAJAR BEAUTIES Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Sold for £2,125

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Lot 134 - TWO SMALL ALBUM PAGES WITH PORTRAITS OF QAJAR BEAUTIES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,125

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Lot 172 - THREE QAJAR WATERCOLOURS OF TRADESMEN AND TWO PORTRAITS OF YOUTHS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 187 - A GROUP OF SIX FEMALE QAJAR PORTRAITS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 208 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GILT COPPER QALYAN CUP Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 228 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH THE GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 236 - A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 141 - TWO TINTED PORTRAIT SKETCHES OF A QAJAR YOUTH AND A QAJAR LADY Qajar Iran, dated 1315 AH (1897) and 1316 AH (1898), signed Muhammad Ali Zavieh

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 204 - TWO QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED AND GILT PIPES Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 218 - TWO POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GOLD THIMBLES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 235 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH CHRISTIAN THEMES Iran, late 19th and early 20th century

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 242 - A SMALL QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ SHOE-SHAPED BOX Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 252 - A DIWAN OF SAEB TABRIZI (1592-1670) Iran, dated 1107 AH (1695)

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 217 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER QALYAN CUP Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,625

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Lot 119 - A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED OPENWORK STEEL SHIELD Iran, first half 19th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 216 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER LIDDED CASKET Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 220 - A QAJAR SILVER ENAMELLED WATER PIPE (QALYAN) BOTTLE Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 215 - TWO QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER QALYAN CUPS Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,375

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Lot 231 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH STANDING PORTRAITS Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Sold for £1,375

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Lot 233 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Qajar Iran, dated 1280 AH (1863) and signed Isma'il Naqqashbashi

Sold for £1,375

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Lot 247 - AN IRANIAN QUR'AN Iran, signed Ibn Muhammad Hashem Muhammad Reza Khwansari and dated Rabi’ ul Awwal 1106 AH (21 October 1694)

Sold for £1,375

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Lot 185 - A QAJAR PORTRAIT OF A FALCONER Qajar Iran, 19th century, signed Aliquli Jabbadar and later dated 1028 AH (1618/1619)

Sold for £1,188

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Lot 152 - A PERSIAN CEREMONIAL STEEL AXE WITH GOLD-DAMASCENED HEAD (TABARZIN) Iran, 18th - 19th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 203 - A QAJAR GILT AND ENAMELLED SILVER AND LEATHER QALYAN BOTTLE Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 211 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER QALYAN CUP Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 244 - SAHIFE-YE SAJJADIEH Iran, early 19th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 246 - SAHIFEH-YE SAJJADIEH Iran, signed Muhammad Ghassem Muhammad Rahim and dated 1178 AH (1764)

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 118 - A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL SHIELD WITH OPENWORK MEDALLIONS Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 181 - TWO PORTRAITS: MOTHER AND CHILD AND THE LOVERS Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 240 - A KASHMIRI-STYLE LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Qajar Iran, dated Shawwal 1253 AH (1837)

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 257 - A GHAZALIAT AND A SELECTION OF OTHER POEMS OF HAFEZ Iran, the manuscript 18th century, the re-binding including the text border 19th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 180 - TWO QAJAR STUDIES OF FLOWERS IN THE STYLE OF MURAQQA’ ALBUM PAGES Qajar Iran, 19th century, one dated 1234 AH (1818)

Sold for £938

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Lot 210 - THREE SECTIONS OF POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED WATER PIPES (QALYAN) Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £938

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Lot 255 - AN OTTOMAN QUR'AN Ottoman Turkey, signed Seyyed Hajji Mohammad Amin, dated Rajab 1245 AH (December 1829 - January 1830)

Sold for £938

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Lot 170 - A COLLECTION OF SMALL GOLD JEWELLERY ELEMENTS AND A SILVER RING Iran, Anatolia and Egypt, 10th - 15th century

Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 196 - ELEVEN FRAGMENTS AND ARCHITECTURAL PANELS OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS Iran, 19th and 20th century

Sold for £875

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Lot 117 - A PAIR OF POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GILT-COPPER EARRINGS Iran, 20th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 137 - A TINNED COPPER BOWL Possibly Samarkand or Bukhara, Central Asia, late 18th - 19th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 149 - TWO PANELS OF NAKSHE Iran, 19th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 154 - A PORTRAIT OF A QAJAR COURTESAN WAITING FOR HER LOVER Iran, 20th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 229 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH BIRDS AND HAZELNUTS Qajar Iran, ca. 1850 - 1860

Sold for £812

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Lot 103 - A TINNED COPPER BOWL Iran, late 17th - 18th century

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 159 - THREE ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A DISPERSED SHAHNAMEH OF FERDOWSI Iran, the text 15th - 16th century, the illustrations 19th - 20th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 163 - TWO QAJAR STANDING PORTRAITS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 200 - TWO QAJAR REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS WITH FLORAL TRIUMPHS Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 250 - A SAFINA ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY OF SA’DI, BABA TAHIR ORYAN, AMIR HOSSEIN, SALMAN, AND OTHERS Iran, early 19th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 157 - A FINE UNCUT AMIRI TERMEH SHAWL Kirman, Iran, 19th century

Sold for £688

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Lot 227 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH BIRDS AND HAZELNUTS Qajar Iran, ca. 1840 - 1850

Sold for £688

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Lot 121 - FIVE ENGRAVED BRASS MAGIC BOWLS AND A QAJAR BOWL WITH FIGURAL DECORATION Iran, 19th and 20th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 128 - A LARGE GILT AND ENAMELLED PINK GLASS LIDDED BOWL Possibly Bohemia, Czech Republic for the Iranian export market, late 19th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 192 - A MATCHING PAIR OF PATEH PORTIERES Kirman, Iran, late 19th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 225 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH BAHRAM GUR AND THE SEVEN PRINCESSES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £625

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Lot 260 - A ZAD AL-MA’AD (PROVISIONS FOR THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT) BY ALLAMEH MAJLESI Isfahan, Iran, dated Ramadan 1107 AH (April 1696)

Sold for £625

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Lot 261 - A GHAZALIAT OF HAFEZ, SONNETS 8 TO 462, AND OTHER POEMS Iran, the manuscript 18th century, the re-binding 19th century

Sold for £625

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Lot 238 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH ANIMAL DECORATION Qajar Iran, dated 1301 AH (1883)

Sold for £600

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Lot 245 - SAHIFE-YE SAJJADIEH Iran, signed Mohammad Mohsin Imami and dated twice Sunday 3 Zul Qa’da 1140 AH (11 June 1728)

Sold for £600

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Lot 130 - A LARGE CARVED LOW-GRADE EMERALD FRAGMENT WITH GOLD-INLAID CALLIGRAPHIC BANDS Possibly India, late 19th - 20th century

Sold for £525

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Lot 234 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH THE GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Iran, late 19th century and 20th century

Sold for £525

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Lot 108 - A RESCHT (RASHT) KURSI COVER Rasht, Caspian region, Qajar Iran, early 20th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 110 - TWO FLORAL STUDIES WITH THE GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 120 - FIVE ENGRAVED MAGIC BOWLS Iran, mid to late 20th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 138 - A FINE QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL CUP Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 151 - A PANEL OF JAMUVAR SHAWL CLOTH AND TWO TERMEH PANELS Kashmir, North India and Iran, 19th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 162 - A PORTRAIT OF A QAJAR FEMALE MUSICIAN Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 165 - A QAJAR PORTRAIT OF THE MYTHICAL KING KAY KAVUS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 166 - A LOW-GRADE SILVER FILIGREE BRACELET SET WITH A LARGE EMERALD-CUT SYNTHETIC RUBY Possibly Ottoman Turkey or Eastern Provinces, 19th - 20th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 175 - AN UNCUT MUHARRAMAT TERMEH SHAWL Possibly Yazd, Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 177 - A GROUP OF FIVE SILVER AND WHITE METAL NECKLACES AND A CARNELIAN-ENCRUSTED TURKMEN BANGLE Central Asia and Iran, 19th - 20th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 182 - TWO FLORAL STUDIES Iran, late 18th – 19th century and 20th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 197 - TWO ARCHITECTURAL REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS OF QAJAR PAVILIONS Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 213 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GOLD PLAQUE WITH A COURTLY MAIDEN Iran, 19th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 241 - A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) IN THE STYLE OF ABU TALIB Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 251 - A RESALA JANAN AL SAYEMIN (HEAVENLY MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO FAST) Iran, signed Mohammad Reza Hosseini Mashhadi and dated 1108 AH (1696)

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 104 - A GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL EWER BASIN WITH ITS OPENWORK COVER Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £475

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Lot 202 - A SMALL QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER BOWL Iran, 19th century

Sold for £462

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