*A QAJAR GOLD AND POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED COPPER QALYAN CUP

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Iran, 19th century

Of typical cylindrical shape with a wide everted circular rim, with a circular footless base, the exterior fully painted in gold and polychrome enamels, decorated with oval portrait cartouches of courtly Qajar youths alternating round medallions with female faces framed by golden petal crowns and golden rosettes on a cobalt blue ground, the bottom decorative band with the typical gol-o-bolbol motif, the interior plain, 6.8cm high.