* A QAJAR GILT AND POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED COPPER QALYAN CUP
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Iran, mid to late 19th century

Of typical cylindrical shape, with a wide everted rim, the exterior finely decorated with four oval polychrome-painted enamelled portraits of Qajar maidens, within a beaded frame, alternating with rosette and floral sprays with birds, two continuous bands of scrolling trellis against cobalt blue ground at the top and bottom, 7.5cm diam. and 5.5cm high.