Bidspirit auction | A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL

A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL BOTTLE AND STOPPER, 19TH CENTURY. - A tall, slender vessel of compressed globular form rising from a flared circular foot. The long, tapering neck is articulated with several knops and terminates in a trumpet-shaped rim. It is fitted with a removable, elongated stopper with a bulbous base and a pointed conical finial. The object is decorated throughout with gold wire inlay in the Koftgari technique against a dark patinated steel ground. The main body features four lobed medallions containing dense foliate and floral scrollwork, interspersed with vertical arrangements of smaller palmettes. The neck and foot are accented with gold-tone bands and individual floral sprays. A faint teardrop motif is visible on the stopper finial. H: Approximately 43cm