A QAJAR CARVED, GILDED AND PART LACQUERED FRUITWOOD MIRROR CASE of rectangular form with hinged cover, both exterior surfaces extremely finely carved with a variety of flowering sprays and perching nightingales around a central carved and gilded naskh inscription oval cartouche, in a double black border of gold meandering palmette vine, the interior of the cover painted under lacquer with a very fine floral spray on a gold glitter ground within a border of nasta'liq inscription cartouches alternating with floral roundels on a black and gold floral ground, the mirror cut to shape under a cusped floral arch within a border of alternating naskh inscription cartouches and roundels, dated 1864-5 AD (very slight chipping)