A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales, Persia, dated AH 1242/ AD 1826-27
A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales
Persia, dated AH 1242/ AD 1826-27
rectangular, the interior containing two sets of steel balances and brass pans, one with gold damascened decoration, ten weights of various sizes, the interior decorated in polychrome and gold with foliage, perching birds and urns with floral sprays, the exterior with floral sprays and portrait medallions to the side, the top with a noble youth visiting a holy man, the borders with inscription-filled cartouches
32.9 x 19 x 6 cm.
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A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales
Persia, dated AH 1242/ AD 1826-27
rectangular, the interior containing two sets of steel balances and brass pans, one with gold damascened decoration, ten weights of various sizes, the interior decorated in polychrome and gold with foliage, perching birds and urns with floral sprays, the exterior with floral sprays and portrait medallions to the side, the top with a noble youth visiting a holy man, the borders with inscription-filled cartouches
32.9 x 19 x 6 cm.
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