Tray and ewer, Iran qâjâr, early 19th century In steel with engraved and partly gold-inlaid decoration. The six-lobed tray with curved edges is decorated with a fine latticework of foliage punctuated with bifid fleurons and palmettes rising from a central star and enhanced with gold. The ewer has a pyriform body on a truncated cone-shaped pedestal, with a fine cylindrical neck marked by a rounded projection and finished with a straight lip connected to the body by a double-curved handle finished with a makara head. The mouth is closed by a hinged lid with a conical grip. The body is decorated with floral mandorla motifs alternating with fleurons with appendages and makaras facing each other in pairs. D. tray: 60 cm; H. ewer: 39 cm Traces of oxidation, spout missing. Qajar Tray and Ewer, Iran, early 19th century Maison Tarazi Collection - Lots 280 to 295