A QAJAR POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the black top and sides painted with gold palmette vine around oval and circular cartouches containing portraits of ladies, flanked by similar depictions of animals and birds, the central cartouche also with signature, 'kamtarin 'Abbas Shirazi, 1262' (1845-6 AD), the black base and tray with gold palmette vine (slight chipping) | Christie's

Lot 179

179

A QAJAR POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the black top and sides painted with gold palmette vine around oval and circular cartouches containing portraits of ladies, flanked by similar depictions of animals and birds, the central cartouche also with signature, 'kamtarin 'Abbas Shirazi, 1262' (1845-6 AD), the black base and tray with gold palmette vine (slight chipping)

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A QAJAR POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the black top and sides painted with gold palmette vine around oval and circular cartouches containing portraits of ladies, flanked by similar depictions of animals and birds, the central cartouche also with signature, 'kamtarin 'Abbas Shirazi, 1262' (1845-6 AD), the black base and tray with gold palmette vine (slight chipping)
9in. (23cm.) long

Lot Essay

While the composition of this lot is different from that of lot 176, both show the artist's preference for decorative young ladies.

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