A LACQUER BOOK COVER, the tortoiseshell ground painted with three polychrome bunches of flowers joined by curving gold floral sprays, polychrome scrolling flowering vine border within minor black and gold similar borders, (split along spine, some chips to edge, very minor flaking on face, one area of heat damage), the red doublures painted in gold with a symmetrical pattern of palmettes joined by curving floral sprays, in a simple floral border, (negligible wear), Zand Persia, 18th century