Lot Essay
A mirror case with very similar decoration of a woman kneeling before a high priest sold at Christie's South Kensington, 22 April 2013, lot 185.
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STYLE OF NAJAF 'ALI, IRAN, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASES
STYLE OF NAJAF 'ALI, IRAN, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, decorated with an Indian prince receiving instruction from an elder while being waited upon by two servants, the reverse with the Holy Family, a domed pavilion in the background, the base with two female figures kneeling to before a high priest in a landscape, the borders with polychrome and gilt floral scrolling tendrils; together with a mirror case decorated with gilt foliage on black ground, the reverse plain, possibly a binding reworked as a mirro case
5½ x 8¼in. (14 x 21cm.) (2)
STYLE OF NAJAF 'ALI, IRAN, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, decorated with an Indian prince receiving instruction from an elder while being waited upon by two servants, the reverse with the Holy Family, a domed pavilion in the background, the base with two female figures kneeling to before a high priest in a landscape, the borders with polychrome and gilt floral scrolling tendrils; together with a mirror case decorated with gilt foliage on black ground, the reverse plain, possibly a binding reworked as a mirro case
5½ x 8¼in. (14 x 21cm.) (2)
Literature
B.W. Robinson, Eastern Lacquer, Bernheimer Fine Arts, London, 1986, cat.17, pp.15 and 32
Exhibited
Eastern Lacquer, Bernheimer Fine Arts, London, 10-27 June 1986, cat.17
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