Lot 96
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AN OCTAGONAL POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE MIRROR CASE
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AN OCTAGONAL POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE MIRROR CASE

BY MUHAMMAD ZAMAN II, IRAN, DATED AH 1130/1718 AD

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AN OCTAGONAL POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE MIRROR CASE
BY MUHAMMAD ZAMAN II, IRAN, DATED AH 1130/1718 AD
With hinged cover, the exterior painted with gul-o bulbul floral designs with birds and butterflies on a black gound, the inside cover decorated with a nude courting couple in an italianate landscape with the watching head of a cherub in the clouds, with small signature and date in gold below, black border with gold floral design, silver hinges and clasp, edges slightly chipped
4½ x 3¾in. (11.5 x 9.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

The signature and date, together with the style, accord with the work of the second Muhammad Zaman, who followed a realtively short time after the great artist of that name (M. A. Karimzadeh Tabrizi: The Lives and Art of Old Painters of Iran, vol.2, London, 1990, entry 1037, pp.814-816).

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