Lot 35
COMMEMORATIVE SILVER BOWL FROM THE TIME OF SHAH M. R. PAHLAVI (1919 – 1980)
IRAN, FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURY
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
of shallow form with a short curved rim, commemorative coin inset, depicting Shah Pahlavi on the inside with the Lion and Sun (Shir-O-Khorshid) emblem to the reverse, traditional hand engraved floral pattern to the exterior
Dimensions
8.3cm diameter, 83g
Provenance
Colonel Eric Hamburger (1905-1988); thence by descent.
Col. Hamburger worked in Ispahan for the British Council after the war during the 1950s and 1960s.