拍品專文
According to the four-line inscription the qalamdan was a present to the Crown Prince Muzaffar Shah who succeeded to the throne in 1896 AD.
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A LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN
BY FATH'ALA SHIRAZI
QAJAR PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
With rounded ends and sliding tray, the blood-red top plain around a central oval cartouche of a betrothed European couple, floral sprays flanked by minute inscription cartouches above and below, within a gold scrolling frame, the red sides with floral sprays alternating with duck roundels within similar sprays, the red base and black tray plain (slight chipping)
8½in. (21.5cm.) long
BY FATH'ALA SHIRAZI
QAJAR PERSIA, CIRCA 1880
With rounded ends and sliding tray, the blood-red top plain around a central oval cartouche of a betrothed European couple, floral sprays flanked by minute inscription cartouches above and below, within a gold scrolling frame, the red sides with floral sprays alternating with duck roundels within similar sprays, the red base and black tray plain (slight chipping)
8½in. (21.5cm.) long