Three Cantonese export porcelain dishes made for Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg.1848-1896) China, the service dated AH 1294/ AD 1877-78 each of shallow form, elaborately decorated in gilt and polychrome on a white ground with a central roundel bearing a landscaped water motif and a bird, the upper cusped medallion containing an inscription-filled cartouche surmounted by two lion and sun motifs, a crown above, further panels and cartouches with birds and floral motifs the largest 25 cm. diam.(3) Footnotes: Inscriptions: al-sultan bin al-sultan bin al-khaqan bin al-khaqan nasir al-din shah qajar, 'The Sultan son of the Sultan son of the Ruler son of the Ruler, Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar'. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com