Beschreibung:

A Qajar carved pearwood box containing three tea glasses with Chinese gilt-silver filigree holders
Persia, possibly Abadeh, and Hong Kong, 19th/ 20th Centuryof rectangular form with a hinged lid, the lid with a raised central panel containing a combatant lion and dragon in high relief on a ground of scrolling floral and foliate design, geometric panels containing lobed cartouches and floral and foliate design to the lid and sides, each panel framed by pierced vegetal motifs; the interior lined in blue velvet with recesses containing three tea glasses and three gilt-silver filigree holders each with two marks to bases including the maker's mark for MH/Man Hing (1885-1925) or HW/Hone Wo (1845-1925), Hong Kong
35.5 x 24.6 x 11.8 cm.(8)FootnotesProvenance
'Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farman Farma, Nusrat al-Dawlah (1858-1939).
Private UK collection.
'Abd al-Husayn Mirza (1858-1939) was a Qajar prince, Governor, military commander, politician, head of various ministries and Prime Minister. He was a son of Prince Firuz Mirza. He received the title Nusrat al-Dawlah after his father's death in 1885, and the title Salar-e Lashgar when he was appointed commander of troops in Adharbayjan, and the title Farmanfarma after his brother's death (both these events in the 1891). See M. Bamdad, Dictionary of National Dictionary of Iran 1700-1900, vol. 2, Tehran 1966, pp. 247-53; and iranicaonline.org/articles/farmanfarma-abd-al-hosayn-mirza.
A comparable box, dated to 19th century Abadeh, can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (870:1-1889). In nineteenth century Persia, the town of Abadeh was famous as a centre for fine wood production, and particularly for the use of pearwood, lime wood, and carved openwork lattice patterning.
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