A QAJAR POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the top with a design of concentric medallions containing varieties of scrolling flowering or arabesque vine around a central pictorial cartouche depicting a sage with a maiden flanked by two small landscape cartouches, the sides with an arcaded concentric design of dense vine, the black base and tray with gold scrolling palmette vine, circa 1880 (negligible restoration)