A QAJAR LACQUERED RECTANGULAR CASKET

IN THE STYLE OF ABU TALIB AL-MUDARRIS, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860

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A QAJAR LACQUERED RECTANGULAR CASKET
IN THE STYLE OF ABU TALIB AL-MUDARRIS, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860
On plain base, the painted decoration with grisaille of leaves of clouds all over (abr-o bad), the borders with cusped medallions filled in with oblique sinuous lines on green and red ground, the hinged cover opening to reveal one compartment later fitted with embroidered silk, with chain on each sides and lock, key lacking
20 x 33 x 11.5cm.

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Sotheby's, 24 April 1990, lot 239

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Abu Talib was a maker and painter of pen boxes with a particular style known as abr-o bad ('clouds and wind'), which he is credited to have invented.
See Khalili, Robinson and Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic World, The Nasser D. Khalili of Islamic Art, Part One, 1996, pp. 75-6, cat. nos. 178-183
A very similar casket, decorated with similar marbled patterns and signed Abu Talib al-Mudarris, dated AH 1278-1861-62 AD sold at Christie's South Kensington, 29 April 2005, lot 473. An elegant pen box also signed by this master sold (after sale) at Christie's South Kensington, 27 April 2012, lot 969.

For a pen box signed by Abu Talib al-Mudarris, please see lot 166 in this sale.

IN THE STYLE OF ABU TALIB AL-MUDARRIS, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1860

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