Inscription: Inscribed (translation): “The Sultan, son of the Sultan, the Monarch, son of the Monarch, Nasr el-Din Shah, Qajar, son of the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of.”
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
Persian market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
Porcelain (hard-paste)
Lime (alkaline) glaze
Dimensions (inches)
1.5 (D) x 9.0625 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.81 (D) x 23.019 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Nadler, Daniel. 2001 China to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain, Produced During the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1908.
• Published: p. 167, nos. 207-208, c. 1865, with "insignia of Nasr el-Din Shah Qajar, ruler of Persia from 1848 to 1896."