A CHINESE CANTON FAMILLE ROSE DISH FOR MU'TAMID AL-MULK YAHYA KHAN

19th century

The dish with a rich decoration in enamels and gilt surrounding a central roundel with rockery reserved on a lush ground of flowers and precious objects, with shaped cartouches within keyfret border containing birds and flowers and Arabic calligraphy reading farmayesh-e sarkar-e ba-eqtedar mu'tamid al-mulk yahya khan farmanfarma be-ehtemam-e aqa kuchak malik al-tujjar: the order of the powerful chief Mu'tamid al-Mulk Yahya Khan Farmanfarma under the supervision of Aqa Kuchak, Malik al-Tujjar (king of merchants), the rim with a band of fruit, flowers and butterflies interspersed with panels of birds and flowers

33cm

Provenance: the collection of Suleyman Alamuddin CBE (1920 - 2002)

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