Parvaresh Brothers, 84 silver, Galam Zani, Isfahan - Vase 70 cm !!!

MOHAMMAD BAGHER PARVARESH WAS BORN CIRCA 1910 IN ISFAHAN. HIS FATHER, MOHAMMAD SADEGH ZARGAR, WAS ONE OF ONLY A FEW GOLDSMITHS WORKING IN THE CITY. MOHAMMAD BAGHER APPRENTICED TO HIS FATHER.

AFTER GAINING HIS FREEDOM HE SET UP HIS FIRST WORKSHOP ON WEST CHAR BAGH STREET CIRCA 1928, AND IN 1937 MOVED TO A LARGER WORKSHOP AND STOREFRONT ON EAST CHAR BAGH WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1978.

AT HIS WORKSHOP, MASTER PARVARESH, TOGETHER WITH HIS APPRENTICES AND SONS, STRIVED FOR OPTIMIZING THE TECHNIQUES OF THE ART AND INTRODUCED NEW DESIGNS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF PERSIAN SILVER THAT HAD LARGELY BEEN NEGLECTED DURING THE QAJAR ERA AND REDUCED TO THE MAKING OF SMALL JEWLEREY ITEMS DEVOID OF ANY CREATIVITY.

THE REPUTATION OF MASTER PARVARESH AND HIS DEVOTION TO THE ART LED TO A GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED REPORT ON THE LACK OF ADHERENCE TO SILVER STANDARDS BY SOME OF THE MAKERS IN 1951. AS SUCH HE WAS CHARGED TO FOUND ISFAHAN'S GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS GUILD IN 1954.

HE IS THE PATRIARCH OF THE RENOWNED PARVARESH LINE OF SILVERSMITHS THAT INCLUDE HIS SON HOSSAIN WHO IS STILL ACTIVE.