A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PENCASE (QALAMDAN)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form with rounded end and sliding tray, the painted decoration on dense foliated ground with a central medallion showing a noble lady receiving the visit of an elder, flanked by two medallion portraits of turbaned youths, the sides with further portraits and tableaus within medallions, the tips with floral themes, the base and sliding tray with gold floriated scrolls on red ground
9¼in. (23cm.) long
A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PENCASE (QALAMDAN)
IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form with rounded end and sliding tray, the painted decoration on dense foliated ground with a central medallion showing a noble lady receiving the visit of an elder, flanked by two medallion portraits of turbaned youths, the sides with further portraits and tableaus within medallions, the tips with floral themes, the base and sliding tray with gold floriated scrolls on red ground
9¼in. (23cm.) long
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