• Christies auction house James Christie logo

    Sale 6567

    Islamic Art and Manuscripts

    London

    |

    23 April 2002

    Browse Sale
Previous Lot
Search
Next Lot
    • A QAJAR PAPIER MACHÉ POLYCHROM
    Lot 160

    A QAJAR PAPIER MACHÉ POLYCHROME LACQUER PENBOX WITH IVORY INKWELL

    IRAN, INKWELL DATED AH 1249/1833-4 AD

    Price realised

    GBP 10,755

    Estimate

    GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

    Follow lot

    A QAJAR PAPIER MACHÉ POLYCHROME LACQUER PENBOX WITH IVORY INKWELL
    Iran, inkwell dated AH 1249/1833-4 AD
    With rounded ends and sliding tray, the gold glitter top and sides painted with crisply drawn floral and hazlenut sprays with perching birds, in panels divided by black spandrels with gold palmette vine, the black base and tray with fine gold meandering flowering vine, the fitted inkwell with carved ivory cover depicting a dervish on a matted ground within a scrolling border, the hinged inkwell cover itself carved with an elaborate palmette, opening to reveal the signature on the underside and date under the hinge
    9in. (22.8cm.) long

    Contact us

    • Contact Client Service

      info@christies.com

      New York +1 212 636 2000

      London +44 (0)20 7839 9060

      infoasia@christies.com

      Asia +852 2760 1766

    Lot Essay

    The signature reads: The work of Abu Talib al-Radhawi, 1249.

    Other information

    Special Notice

    VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.


    Recommended features

      • Antenna: The enduring friendsh
      • Antenna: The enduring friendship of Hepburn and Givenchy

        Ahead of an online sale that honours their close bond, Meredith Etherington-Smith​ traces the roots of a 40-year collaboration

      • Francis Bacon’s Study for Port
      • Francis Bacon’s Study for Portrait

        Francis Bacon's poignant celebration of George Dyer, the artist's most important subject, will star in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May

Share
Email
Copy link
Share
Email
Copy link