Large Persian Silver Frame by Amali Jaffar (عمل جعفر), Isfahan, Iran, Late 19th Century.
Identification Number: 601
Available
Description
This magnificent late Qajar Dynasty finely chased and engraved silver frame is heavily decorated and inscribed with familiar Persian courtly scenes such as the court of the Safavid Dynasty King or Shah ABBAS and marked at the workshop of the very famous and very much sort after silver master and retailer of Amali Jaffar (عمل جعفر), Jaffer work was at the historical and the Safavid Dynasty Capital of Persia or Iran-the city of Isfahan.
At one stage of the life of the purposely made photographical frame someone has added a loose probably 19th century European print or engraving depicting the late Albanian Ottoman-Vizier of Tepelena and Epirus, Ali Pacha or Pasha of Ioannina whom he had a high degree of autonomy from the Ottoman Empire.
The item that we offer is the frame and the later added print is been used for demonstration and decorative purposes only.
Dimensions
The height is 32.5 cm.
The width is 26 cm.
The depth is 1.2 cm.
Condition
Very good, silver tarnishing.
Provence
The European Art Market
References
Sotheby’s Auction House at Paris on the 26th of June 2013 (Orfèvrerie Européenne, Boites En Or Et Objets De Vitrine).
Please see lot No. 112, the pair of Iranian glass flasks and cover with pierced silver mounts, Qajar Art, Iran, 19th century, marked by Eamal Jaffer (عمل جعفر)
Millon Auction House, Paris, Art D’Orient & Orientalisme, May 2017, Please see sold lot No. 118, A silver Flask made by Jaffar.
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction, 2nd January 2016 lot No. 0107.
For a related Amali Ja’far Silver frame and Box, see Chiswick Auctions, Silver & Objects of Vertu sale dated on 22/06/2022, please see sold lot nos. 288 & 287.
