A QAJAR POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the brown ground finely painted with a variety of floral sprays around a central cartouche depicting Sheikh Sanaan and the Christian maiden, flanked by similar cartouches depicting Indian princes visiting a sage, the sifes similar depicting hunting and genre scenes alternating with portraits of European beauties, the burgundy base and tray with a fine golden floral lattice (very slight damages)