Qalyan stove decorated with female portraits, Iran qâjâr, early 20th century Campaniform copper-alloy stove with polychrome enameled decoration of four medallions featuring portraits of European-inspired women in interiors or landscapes, two showing a deer in the background. The medallions are set against a blue background with gold mesh. Base perforated with four mounting holes. Height: 6 cm; top diameter: 8.2 cm Accents and restorations. Most likely imported from the West as early as the 17th century, the art of painted enamels in Iran qâjâr also drew its iconographic inspiration from European art, justifying, for example, the recurrence of images of Virgins with Child, English-style floral garlands or European women in the continuity of Safavid farangi sazi. In this particular case, it is tempting to see the portrait of a woman holding an amphora as inspired by Ingres' painting, as if the artist had merged the two models of the Source (Musée du Louvre, RF 219) and the Grande Odalisque (Musée du Louvre RF 1158).