* A PORCELAIN WATER PIPE ( QALYAN ) BOTTLE AND STEM CUP WITH PORTRAIT OF MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR Possibly France and Iran, late 19th century Comprising a typical bell-shaped water pipe base, resting on a circular foot and rising to a tapering ringed neck, with a reinforced rim, the white porcelain body painted in dark blue, gold and polychromes, the decoration consisting of a band of two gilt-framed oval roundels with Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar's portraits, one in his military attire, the latter in his ceremonial robe, interspersed with stylised gilt flower heads and Western-inspired polychrome floral festoons, further festoons on the neck, with a similarly decorated stem cup to hold the brazier, two further medallions with the ruler's portraits, the bottle 27cm high, the stemp cup 15.5cm high. (the bottle 27cm high, the stemp cup 15.5cm high)