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A LARGE POLYCHROME-PAINTED MOULDED QAJAR POTTERY TILE WITH A COURTLY BANQUET SCENE Qajar Iran, 19th century Of rectangular shape, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, manganese pink, and pale yellow with black outlines on a milky white ground, covered in a glossy, transparent glaze, the horizontal-format composition depicting a typical Safavid-revival scene replicated with Qajar flare, reminiscent in style of the Chihil Sotun Palace frescoes in Isfahan, specifically the banquet scene with the Safavid ruler, Shah Abbas I, and Vali Muhammad Khan, featuring a female dancer in the foreground accompanied by two musicians and two attendants, including a female saqi (cup bearer), in the background five noble youths, possibly envoys or members of the courtly entourage, standing behind each of the rulers seated in the middle ground by an arched window overlooking a courtyard with large fountains and verdant trees, the scene encased within a decorative border with pair of birds interspersed amidst floral meanderings, mounted on a later blue-painted plaster frame, 44.5cm x 59cm including the frame.
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A LARGE POLYCHROME-PAINTED MOULDED QAJAR POTTERY TILE WITH A COURTLY BANQUET SCENE Qajar Iran, 19th century Of rectangular shape, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, manganese pink, and pale yellow with black outlines on a milky white ground, covered in a glossy, transparent glaze, the horizontal-format composition depicting a typical Safavid-revival scene replicated with Qajar flare, reminiscent in style of the Chihil Sotun Palace frescoes in Isfahan, specifically the banquet scene with the Safavid ruler, Shah Abbas I, and Vali Muhammad Khan, featuring a female dancer in the foreground accompanied by two musicians and two attendants, including a female saqi (cup bearer), in the background five noble youths, possibly envoys or members of the courtly entourage, standing behind each of the rulers seated in the middle ground by an arched window overlooking a courtyard with large fountains and verdant trees, the scene encased within a decorative border with pair of birds interspersed amidst floral meanderings, mounted on a later blue-painted plaster frame, 44.5cm x 59cm including the frame.
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