A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL EWER
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
of baluster form on a splayed foot, with tall curving spout and ‘S’-shaped handle with dragonhead-shaped terminal, the hinged dome-shaped lid with faceted pointed finial, either side of the body decorated with a cusped cartouche containing inscriptions in nasta'liq
Dimensions
39cm high
Footnote
The inscriptions comprise a couplet in Persian:
'This ewer, which is full of gold and sheen,
is worthy of the presence of the lord of the land'