Presented: Rich Frame This Beautiful 18th Century Persian Padlock And Key, Steel And Chiseled Brass

Presented superbly in a double-beveled silver-plated box frame and on a pearl gray canvas support with a beveled edge, this rare padlock and its key, like a jewel, is displayed divinely well in its rich frame with molding decorated with diamond meshes, and pearl border, a fillet on the edge, an incredible work of highlighting a beautiful object from the Middle East and Persia in the 18th century. The wrought and polished iron has a remarkable patina like the carefully polished and chiseled bronze, openwork on the body of the padlock. Of a rare sophistication, this piece of curiosity is of a refinement and elegance for a common object of a "Work of Art", Islamic in reference. The sophisticated technique whose mystery I am unaware of fascinates me, seduced by the beauty of the piece, which makes one dream of the thousand and one nights, emerging from the depths of the Middle East, carrying within itself all the mystery of the journey and the change of scenery of the caravans in the dunes and the stages in the sculpted Palaces arises from nowhere, a waking dream between Syria and Iran...