SIX ROYAL LETTERS FROM MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR TO HIS DEPUTY FINANCE MINSITER VAZIR DAFTAR
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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6300GBP £ 6 300
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ID 727330
Lot 63 | SIX ROYAL LETTERS FROM MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR TO HIS DEPUTY FINANCE MINSITER VAZIR DAFTAR
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
IRAN, DATED 1900-1902
Six Persian letters on paper, with 5-17ll. black cursive handwriting on cream, white and blue paper, in some cases the text in clouds against a gold ground, set within gold and polychrome rules, with royal seals above, the borders richly illuminated with dense gold and polychrome scrolling vines and flowers, all remargined and mounted on card with later outer border of blue and gold meander, two folios with a window on the reverse to reveal a further seal
11 x 8in. (28 x 20.4cm.) each
Provenance
Mirza Husayn Ashtiani, Vazir Daftar, thence by descent
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These lots have been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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