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A pair of Qajar polychrome lacquer papier-mache doors, surrounded by eleven giltwood foliate bosses, decorated with two large rectangular panels depicting lovers in interiors with attendants within mythical mask and entwined serpent borders, on a ground of interlacing arabesques, between four smaller rectangular panels depicting reclining figures drinking wine within similar borders, all within a framework decorated with shaped cartouches depicting hunting scenes, warriors on horseback in combat, fruit pickers and figures at leisure in interiors, on a ground of interlacing arabesques and mythical mask borders -- 76¼.in.X.40½.in.
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