A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED AND ETCHED STEEL MIRROR
Iran, 19th century

The mirror case of circular shape with scalloped rim, mounted on a crescent-shaped frame terminating with curled volutes, resting on a staff on a dome-shaped base with scalloped rim, both the base and the back of the mirror etched with a variety of figural motifs depicting court banquets, musicians and youths in the wilderness, the hinged opening circular front panel decorated with a gold-damascened arabesque motif, the scalloped rim with pseudo-calligraphic cartouches with stylised auspicious inscriptions like Ya Allah, repeated also on the back of the mirror, 24.5cm diam. and 57cm high.

A variety of these Qajar steel mirrors have successfully been sold at auctions in London before. Please see Christie's South Kensington, 7 October 2013, lot 215; 24 April 2015, lot 191; and 28 April 2017, lot 59; and these Rooms, 22 July 2020, lot 379.