A ZAND OPENWORK BRASS LID AND A QAJAR OPENWORK COPPER ALLOY VASE WITH COVER
Iran, 18th and 19th century

Comprising an openwork brass lid dating to the Zand period, of typical hemispherical shape, surmounted by a domed finial engraved with figural decoration of kings and demons, the vertical openwork panels decorated with spiraling rosette trellis, the rim engraved with bands of vegetal scrollwork, 17cm diam. and 17.5cm high; and a small copper alloy vase with cover, decorated in Zand style with engraved roundels of princely figures and demons against pierced panels of vegetal scrollwork, 24.5cm high.