A LARGE QAJAR TINNED-COPPER ENGRAVED VASE
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
of waisted flaring form on a long splayed foot, the body engraved with a frieze of repeat boteh decorated with birds perching amidst scrolling vines, the neck with a large band of inscriptions on a ground of floral interlace flanking an inscription-filled cusped cartouche, remnants of tin
Dimensions
36cm high; 32.5cm diameter
Footnote
The inscriptions, in a poor hand, include The call to God to bless the Fourteen innocents.
For a comparable vase, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 23 May 2023, lot 90.