19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN UNMARKED IRANIAN (PERSIAN) THREE-PIECE SILVER TEA SET
Possibly Isfahan, Late Qajar Iran, early 20th century
AN UNMARKED IRANIAN (PERSIAN) THREE-PIECE SILVER TEA SET
Possibly Isfahan, Late Qajar Iran, early 20th century
Comprising a globular teapot with upward-curved spout and C-shaped handle; a pyriform milk jug or creamer, with typical open beak-like spout; and a lidded, double-handled sugar bowl, with a dome-like lid, each silver vessel chased in high-relief featuring several decorative friezes, the narrowest with foliage, vegetal scrollwork and intertwined split palmette sprays, the widest bands with scenes from Persian classical epics and love poems such as Nizami Ganjavi's Khosrow o Shirin and Haft Peykar, including Shirin bathing, being spied by Khosrow, Bahram Gur mesmerised by Fitnah's strength carrying the bull on her shoulders, Bahram Gur hunting, and others inspired by Achaemenid and Sasanian rock-cut reliefs in the Southern Provinces of Shiraz, Fars, and Kermanshah.
The teapot 12cm x 19.5cm, 354.10gr.
The milk jug 11cm x 10.5cm, 196.80gr.
The sugar pot 12.5cm x 17cm, 330.90gr.
Sold for £1,722
AN UNMARKED IRANIAN (PERSIAN) THREE-PIECE SILVER TEA SET
Possibly Isfahan, Late Qajar Iran, early 20th century
Comprising a globular teapot with upward-curved spout and C-shaped handle; a pyriform milk jug or creamer, with typical open beak-like spout; and a lidded, double-handled sugar bowl, with a dome-like lid, each silver vessel chased in high-relief featuring several decorative friezes, the narrowest with foliage, vegetal scrollwork and intertwined split palmette sprays, the widest bands with scenes from Persian classical epics and love poems such as Nizami Ganjavi's Khosrow o Shirin and Haft Peykar, including Shirin bathing, being spied by Khosrow, Bahram Gur mesmerised by Fitnah's strength carrying the bull on her shoulders, Bahram Gur hunting, and others inspired by Achaemenid and Sasanian rock-cut reliefs in the Southern Provinces of Shiraz, Fars, and Kermanshah.
The teapot 12cm x 19.5cm, 354.10gr.
The milk jug 11cm x 10.5cm, 196.80gr.
The sugar pot 12.5cm x 17cm, 330.90gr.
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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