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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 638935, member: 2844&quot;]Lovely pieces, Twin. Both are antique Persian Qajar dynasty pottery.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Middle Eastern representations of humans Persia is one of the first countries I think of, and this is classic Qajar. Although the colours are certainly reminiscent of Turkish Iznik ware. Iznik ware is more refined though, and usually has elongated tulips in a gently flowing curve somewhere in the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Qajar ware of this kind has a more folksy look, but a charm all its own.</p><p>Qajar portrait ware with a similar cartouche, a beggar&#039;s bowl (for monks):</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.catawiki.nl%2Fassets%2F2017%2F8%2F30%2Fe%2F7%2F0%2Fe7072b03-e44f-4acd-bd19-028073a5e91d.jpg&amp;sp=019e01877a3d84e029627c4f62b9101a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The one with the portrait is a hookah base, for a waterpipe. This is what it would look like in situ:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRTo0LTseocjWnqRBa9J9oiBHnrUD4JbN-t9dcJYsm8aB7aBdCiNA&amp;sp=cc4fa22054bdc22fe1b7ed2649f82846&amp;anticache=326907" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These bases are often sold separately, no problem there.</p><p>The gentleman in the portrait is likely to be someone famous, probably a Qajar dynasty Shah.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bird jug is also a classic Qajar theme. Birds are symbols of paradise.</p><p>It looks like it was used for oil, which has seeped through the ceramic and discoloured the underglaze painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one also has oil &#039;damage&#039;:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loveantiques.com%2Fimages%2Fd000729%2Fitems%2F124928%2Ffullsizeoutput_1b92.jpeg&amp;sp=bea16ef5bc58efe464a6a587367bd78a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.loveantiques.com/antique-vases/earthenware/antique-qajar-persian-vase-c1840-124928" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.loveantiques.com/antique-vases/earthenware/antique-qajar-persian-vase-c1840-124928" rel="nofollow">https://www.loveantiques.com/antique-vases/earthenware/antique-qajar-persian-vase-c1840-124928</a></p><p>Don&#039;t know if they will be able to sell it for that price, it seems ambitious to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the paradise subject, two Qajar bird vases:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchairish-prod.freetls.fastly.net%2Fimage%2Fproduct%2Fsized%2Fef28a69f-1207-4901-af67-48ee7971021c%2Flarge-antique-persian-qajar-islamic-hand-painted-ceramic-pottery-vases-a-pair-6953%3Faspect%3Dfit%26amp%3Bwidth%3D640%26amp%3Bheight%3D640&amp;sp=7d65619b1d02e46842dc8c405ff553b0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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