A CANTONESE EXPORT PORCELAIN DISH MADE FOR ZILL AL-SULTAN, CHINA, DATED 1297 AH/1879-80 AD A CANTONESE EXPORT PORCELAIN DISH MADE FOR ZILL AL-SULTAN, CHINA, DATED 1297 AH/1879-80 AD

A CANTONESE EXPORT PORCELAIN DISH MADE FOR ZILL AL-SULTAN, CHINA, DATED 1297 AH/1879-80 AD

Reference: ART3003038

The dishe of shallow rounded form, extensively enamelled in polychrome with lotus sprays on a blue ground, with cartouches depicting figural scenes alternating with cartouches depicting floral sprays and birds, divided by bands of trellis motifs, inscription filled roundels to the wells of the dishe D 19.5 cm Inscriptions: farmayesh-e hazrat-e as'ad-e amjad-e arfa'-e ashraf-e vala sultan mas'ud mirza yamin al-dawlah zill al-sultan 1297, 'Commissioned by His Excellency, the most Auspicious, the most Glorious, the Sublime, the most Noble, the Exalted Sultan Mas'ud Mirza Yamin al-Dawlah Zill al-Sultan 1297/AD 1879-80)'.