A large Canton bowl and dishes made for Nasir al-Din...
the service consisting of one deep bowl, two shallow dishes and eight matching plates decorated in the famille Rose Canton style with insects, birds, flowers and butterflies, all bearing a nasta'liq inscription within a cartouche surmounted with two heraldic lions and suns under the Qajar crown, the bowl dated, with wooden standa
bowl: 37cm. diam.; 15.5cm. height
one shallow dish: 26.5cm. diam.; the other 23.7cm. diam.
plates: 25cm. diam. approx.
inscriptions
al-sultan ibn al-sultan wa al-khaqan ibn al-khaqan, Nasir al-din shah Qajar
Condition Report:
In overall good condition, the enamel slightly rubbed off on some of the pieces with occasional small repainting, a few minor chips along the rims, notably on one of the plate, the feet with incrusted dirt and minor evidence of abrasion, all consistent with age and use, one plate broken and stapled back together, the stand with minor chips on the underside and an undeciphered inscription, under the base, as viewed.
Catalogue Note:
A closely similar dish is in the Daniel and Serga Nadler Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain in the Winterhur Museum, US; three other plates seemingly from the same service also sold at Bonhams, 11 June 2020, lot 91.
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the service consisting of one deep bowl, two shallow dishes and eight matching plates decorated in the famille Rose Canton style with insects, birds, flowers and butterflies, all bearing a nasta'liq inscription within a cartouche surmounted with two heraldic lions and suns under the Qajar crown, the bowl dated, with wooden standa
bowl: 37cm. diam.; 15.5cm. height
one shallow dish: 26.5cm. diam.; the other 23.7cm. diam.
plates: 25cm. diam. approx.
inscriptions
al-sultan ibn al-sultan wa al-khaqan ibn al-khaqan, Nasir al-din shah Qajar
Condition Report:
In overall good condition, the enamel slightly rubbed off on some of the pieces with occasional small repainting, a few minor chips along the rims, notably on one of the plate, the feet with incrusted dirt and minor evidence of abrasion, all consistent with age and use, one plate broken and stapled back together, the stand with minor chips on the underside and an undeciphered inscription, under the base, as viewed.
Catalogue Note:
A closely similar dish is in the Daniel and Serga Nadler Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain in the Winterhur Museum, US; three other plates seemingly from the same service also sold at Bonhams, 11 June 2020, lot 91.
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