Description
A LARGE QAJAR TINNED-COPPER URN MADE FOR THE SMALLPOX VACCINATOR HAYDER 'ALI PERSIA, DATED AH 1271/ AD 1854-5 of waisted flaring form on a long splayed foot, the body profusely engraved with a series of boteh overlaid with birds perching amidst scrolling vines, above and below bands of inscription-filled cartouches,...