A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PENCASE (QALAMDAN)
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A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PENCASE (QALAMDAN)

SIGNED MUHAMMAD KAZIM, IRAN, DATED AH 1294/1877-78 AD

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A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PENCASE (QALAMDAN)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD KAZIM, IRAN, DATED AH 1294/1877-78 AD
Of typical form, painted with Bahram Gur in the pavilions of the seven princesses, interspersed with portraits of Qajar youths, the sides with narrative scenes interspersed with similar portraits, some losses and cracks to the lacquer
9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) long
Provenance
Presented by Nasir al-Din Shah (1848-96) to the Crown Prince upon his graduation from school
Ex-Kelekian Collection, 4813/1008, 2 Place Vendome
Anon, Christie's London, 11 April 2000, lot 127
Literature
P. Ackerman, Guide to the exhibition of Persian Art, The Iranian Institute, New York, 1940, p.414, no.K. 
Exhibited
Exhibition of Persian Art, Iranian Institute of America, New York, 1940, KDG 109
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Lot Essay

Muhammad Kazim was one of the sons of Aqa Najaf 'Ali, naqqash bashi, whose name is recorded in the marriage certificate of his sister now in the Khalili Collection (Nasser D. Khalili, B.W Robinson and Tim Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, The Nasser D. Khalili of Islamic Art, Part One, London and New York, 1996, pp.22-29, esp. pp.25-26). His style is clearly close to that of other members of the family. According to Karimzadeh a few of his works are very similar to the work of another famous Qajar painter Muhammad Isma’il. His recorded works which include lacquer, siyah qalam, enamelled and watercolour, are in museums such as the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Crown Jewels and ex-Decorative Art Museum in Tehran (M.A. Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives Art of Old Painters of Iran, Vol. I, London, 1985, pp.1073-7).

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