Beautiful Persian Mirror in khatam kari - Lot 100

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600 - 800 EUR
Beautiful Persian Mirror in khatam kari - Lot 100
Beautiful Persian Mirror in khatam kari Khatam kari or marquetry of wood, exotic wood, ivory, stained ivory, bone and brass, polychrome pigments painted under glass Iran, 19th century The back is entirely decorated in fine marquetry with motifs of radiating stars using the khatam kari technique, with a large central mandorla, framed by various registers of geometric friezes, and a frieze of alternating cartouches of ten portraits painted in small scalloped medallions. On the front, the khatam kari frame has been decorated with a pretty rear mirror with a painted decoration of flowers and birds in the spirit of Gul o Bulbul (Rose and Nightingale), fixed under glass in gold and polychrome. Ancient restorations, small lacks, a corner of the mirror broken glued. 55,5 x 38 cm
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