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A NEAR PAIR OF POLYCHROME-PAINTED MOULDED QAJAR POTTERY TILES WITH RIDERS Qajar Iran, 19th century Each of rectangular shape, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and manganese purple with black outlines on a milky white ground, covered in a thick, glossy, transparent glaze, each depicting the same scene with slight variations featuring a well-dressed Qajar youth with a voluminous, multi-folded turban riding his steed, his left arm reaching out for a large phoenix-like bird at the top of the scene, possibly the mythical Persian bird of the epics known as simurgh, several floral stems in the foreground and Qajar buildings with tall iwan gates in the background, an intertwined vegetal scroll repeated at the top of each tile, the reverse plain with provenance stickers, the largest 34.5cm x 26.5cm. Provenance: Poggio Bracciolini Casa d'Aste, Florence, Italy, 15 - 21 December 2023.
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A NEAR PAIR OF POLYCHROME-PAINTED MOULDED QAJAR POTTERY TILES WITH RIDERS Qajar Iran, 19th century Each of rectangular shape, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and manganese purple with black outlines on a milky white ground, covered in a thick, glossy, transparent glaze, each depicting the same scene with slight variations featuring a well-dressed Qajar youth with a voluminous, multi-folded turban riding his steed, his left arm reaching out for a large phoenix-like bird at the top of the scene, possibly the mythical Persian bird of the epics known as simurgh, several floral stems in the foreground and Qajar buildings with tall iwan gates in the background, an intertwined vegetal scroll repeated at the top of each tile, the reverse plain with provenance stickers, the largest 34.5cm x 26.5cm. Provenance: Poggio Bracciolini Casa d'Aste, Florence, Italy, 15 - 21 December 2023.
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