A QAJAR GRISAILLE AND GOLD LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with a gul-o-bulbul design of a variety of flowering plants and perching birds on a ground of small golden leaves, the top with extensive inscriptions including the signature 'decorated by the slave Husayn b. 'Ali' the yellow base and tray with gold meandering flowering and palmette vine, circa 1870-80 (slight restoration)

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A QAJAR GRISAILLE AND GOLD LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with a gul-o-bulbul design of a variety of flowering plants and perching birds on a ground of small golden leaves, the top with extensive inscriptions including the signature 'decorated by the slave Husayn b. 'Ali' the yellow base and tray with gold meandering flowering and palmette vine, circa 1870-80 (slight restoration)
8½in. (22.2cm.) long

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