A Qajar underglaze-painted moulded pottery tile depicting a man wearing the national dress of the Caucasus, Persia, circa 1880
Summary
A Qajar underglaze-painted moulded pottery tile depicting a man wearing the national dress of the Caucasus
Persia, circa 1880
Of rectangular form, moulded and decorated in polychrome with a central medallion containing a portrait of a man in the national dress of the Caucasus, gazyr pouches on his chest, a pistol in his belt and a kindjal in his left hand, all surrounded by floral sprays and vegetal decoration
40.5 x 29 cm.
Inscriptions: '... Witson (or Whitson)'.
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Date
1800 - 1850
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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Public Domain