* A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL MIRROR FRAME
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Iran, 19th century

Of circular shape with lobed, flower-like collar, the front decorated with a large, gold-damascened arabesque medallion in the centre, surrounded by oval calligraphic cartouches with pseudo-angular Kufic inscriptions alternated with roundels with rosettes, the hinge with gold-damascened floral scrolls, the floral collar to the edge engraved with figural decoration of men and women resting on the ground with their arms raised, the back plain except for similar engravings on the edges with banquet and garden scenes, with musicians, soldiers and craftsmen, the sides of the collar with further pseudo-Kufic calligraphic cartouches, 25.5cm diam.