A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED LIDDED COPPER COFFEE POT
Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Of slender pyriform shape, with a globular base, resting on a short circular foot, with a ring around the waist, rising to a tapering neck and circular rim surmounted by a dome-like detached lid, with a curved spout and flattened C-shaped handle on the sides, the exterior painted in pink, purple, blue, black, green, white, yellow and gold enamels, the figural decoration depicting Qajar youths, maidens, and men in conversation and plucking flowers in a typical Persian garden setting, the rest of the coffee pot decorated with lobed flower heads against a cobalt blue ground, 18.3cm high.