A group of Qajar underglaze-painted moulded pottery tiles depicting mounted...
SELECTED ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION OF HUGO VICKERS
A group of Qajar underglaze-painted moulded pottery tiles depicting mounted falconers
Persia, 19th century
Framed as two panels, each tile of rectangular form, moulded and decorated in polychrome with a youth on horseback holding a falcon in a landscape with pavilions in the background, the upper edge with border decorated with foliate scrollwork, one panel with two tiles missing, the other with one missing, each tile approx: 14.5cm wide x 20cm high (5 1/2in wide, x 7 1/2in high), each panel: 49.5cm wide, 5.5cm deep, 90cm high (19in wide, 2in deep, 35in high) (2)
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SELECTED ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION OF HUGO VICKERS
A group of Qajar underglaze-painted moulded pottery tiles depicting mounted falconers
Persia, 19th century
Framed as two panels, each tile of rectangular form, moulded and decorated in polychrome with a youth on horseback holding a falcon in a landscape with pavilions in the background, the upper edge with border decorated with foliate scrollwork, one panel with two tiles missing, the other with one missing, each tile approx: 14.5cm wide x 20cm high (5 1/2in wide, x 7 1/2in high), each panel: 49.5cm wide, 5.5cm deep, 90cm high (19in wide, 2in deep, 35in high) (2)
Important Notice to Buyers
Some countries, e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.
