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SIGNED MUHAMMAD BAQIR ISFAHANI, ZAND IRAN, DATED AH 1194-96/1780-82 AD
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A LACQUER PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE
SIGNED MUHAMMAD BAQIR ISFAHANI, ZAND IRAN, DATED AH 1194-96/1780-82 AD
Of rectangular form, painted with gul-o bulbul to the hinged cover top and base, the reverse with a scene depicting Shaykh San'an kneeling in front of a Christian maiden dressed in the European fashion followed by her retinue, a palace and a pier in the background, with marbled cardboard fitted box
9 x 6 3/8in. (23 x 16.2cm.)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD BAQIR ISFAHANI, ZAND IRAN, DATED AH 1194-96/1780-82 AD
Of rectangular form, painted with gul-o bulbul to the hinged cover top and base, the reverse with a scene depicting Shaykh San'an kneeling in front of a Christian maiden dressed in the European fashion followed by her retinue, a palace and a pier in the background, with marbled cardboard fitted box
9 x 6 3/8in. (23 x 16.2cm.)
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