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A QAJAR PAPIER MACHE POLYCHROME LACQUER QALAMDAN
BY MIHR 'ALI, PERSIA, AH 1224/1809-10 AD and 1226/1811-12 AD
With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top painted with a vertical composition of European influence showing Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac, the ram docile waiting his turn in the background, a host of angels among the clouds in the sky, signed and dated above, the sides with a continuous band of genre scenes, the red base with elegant meandering palemtte vine, the black tray with large red cartouches containing white nasta'liq inscriptions, the end inscription repeating in words a date two years earlier than that on the signature, negligible chipping to ends, basically excellent condition
9¾in. (24.8cm.) long
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