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THE PROPERTY OF A MIDDLE EASTERN COLLECTOR
A QAJAR OPENWORK STEEL SHIELD
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR OPENWORK STEEL SHIELD
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of circular form, with four applied gold-damascened bosses, the engraved decoration consisting of large oval medallions in loose nastal'iq script between two registers of stylised floral motifs in elongated cartouches to the borders, the body with openwork calligraphic lobed medallions with further calligraphic inscriptions highlighted in gold arranged around a central open work bosse worked as a stylised human face
20 ¼in. (51.5cm.) diam.
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of circular form, with four applied gold-damascened bosses, the engraved decoration consisting of large oval medallions in loose nastal'iq script between two registers of stylised floral motifs in elongated cartouches to the borders, the body with openwork calligraphic lobed medallions with further calligraphic inscriptions highlighted in gold arranged around a central open work bosse worked as a stylised human face
20 ¼in. (51.5cm.) diam.