£300 - £400
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY IRANIAN (PERSIAN) SILVER TWO-HANDLED COVERED SUGAR BOWL
unmarked, Shiraz, c.1930, Pahlavi dynasty, of oval form upon a spreading circular foot, the hinged domed cover surmounted by a compressed knop finial, the body with chased decoration of figures within a vignette, one side with a seated King Darius before gift bearing emissaries, the obverse with the winged symbol of Ahura Mazda (Ormuzd) supreme god of the Zoroastrian from the Royal Audience Hall of Darius I at Persepolis, the upper section with a border of chased foliage against a textured ground. 18cm across the handles, 10.9 troy ounces
The cover is slightly loose in the hinge. The top of one handle has become detached from the body. In otherwise very good condition.
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