Qalyan stove with portrait decoration, Iran qâjâr, 19th century Campaniform copper-alloy stove with polychrome enameled decoration of four medallions filled with portraits, alternately of men and groups of three figures, against a landscape background. All are dressed in European style, except for the men, who wear the kolah-namadi, one as a cupbearer, the other as a falconer. The groups of three figures are alternately a man embraced by two women and a woman embraced by two men. These medallions stand out against a blue background embellished with golden floral sprays. A band of floral cartouches and three-lobed flowers runs along the bottom. Stove mounted on a later plaster core. Height: 6.4 cm; top diameter: 8.4 cm Accents and restorations, plaster core added inside.