Persian bowl tempts two bidders into sale day battle
Catalogued as ‘possibly 17th century Safavid’, a Persian copper pedestal bowl offered at Tennants (22% buyer’s premium) was undoubtedly a fine example of the great dynasty (1501-1736) as far as specialist bidders were concerned.
It had come into the Leyburn saleroom among other pieces from a private north-west vendor who had …