ZAND OR QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Details

A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PENCASE (QALAMDAN)
ZAND OR QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top decorated with a European-style musician in a landscape, the sides with hunting scenes, the underside black with a central gold floral medallion, the sides of the tray black with gold borders, the top ascribed to Muhammad Sadiq
9in. (22.8cm.) long

Further details

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Lot Essay

Inscription:
On the top panel ya sadiq al-wa'd, 'O thou who art true'

Our pen box has a later attribution to the highly celebrated lacquer artist and painter, Muhammad Sadiq, but this is most likely the work of one of his followers.

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