A QAJAR LACQUER BOOK COVER AND A GROUP OF PAINTED PANELS
A QAJAR LACQUER BOOK COVER AND A GROUP OF PAINTED PANELS

PERSIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER

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A QAJAR LACQUER BOOK COVER AND A GROUP OF PAINTED PANELS
PERSIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
Of rectangular form, the main panel originally with cusped top depicting the three graces lounging within a landscape with trees, made up some time later into a book cover with black and red borders of flowering vine, the interior plain light brown with plain borders, restorations to original painting contemporaneous with the later additions, together with fourteen small rectangular wooden panels painted with floral designs and lacquered, designed for a small area of panelled furniture
Book cover 7.5/8 x 11.7/8in. (19.3 x 30.2cm.) (15)

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