AN ELEGANT PAIR OF QAJAR PARCEL-GILT SILVER FILIGREE COMPORTS
Zanjan, North-Western Iran, circa 1920

Each with a hemispherical bowl section, resting on a stem formed as two reversed truncated conical sections, surmounting a disc-like circular foot, the bowl and base sections held together by a gilt screw thread filigree boss of two rosettes with a central knob, each bowl featuring radiating panels alternating parcel-gilt and silver filigree with foliate scrolls interspersed with simple punch-work herringbone borders, the rim of the bowl with pierced and chased monabat-kari decoration of vegetal meanders and rosettes, the bases mirroring the same decoration with alternating oval filigree and gilt panels, edged with a beaded rim, each comport unmarked, 16.2cm diam. and 14.5cm high, 711gr.