Islamic Art and Fine Objects

A PAIR OF QAJAR GLAZED POTTERY VASES, PERSIA TEHRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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Start price: £280

Estimated price: £300 - £600

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Description

Of baluster form with tapering necks and rounded knops, painted in polychrome enamels beneath a clear glaze. The bodies alternate between oval portrait medallions of courtly figures and panels of floral sprays, framed by bold cobalt-blue scrolls. The necks are decorated with blossoms and foliage. Typical of Tehran production in the Qajar period. 

H: 23cm