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A Persian lacquer qalamdan made for the Turkish market
painted with an oval cartouche depicting figures at the Bosphros before Constantinople in the distance, flanked by flowersprays and scrolling gilt borders, the sides with the Balkans, all on a brown ground, in original fitted hardwood box with silver hinges -- the box 8¾.in (22.2cm) long.
See Colour Plate 8.
painted with an oval cartouche depicting figures at the Bosphros before Constantinople in the distance, flanked by flowersprays and scrolling gilt borders, the sides with the Balkans, all on a brown ground, in original fitted hardwood box with silver hinges -- the box 8¾.in (22.2cm) long.
See Colour Plate 8.