A LACQUER PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
A LACQUER PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular form, the hinged flat cover top and case base with polychrome painted decoration consisting of portrait of a young lady holding a floral bud in a lobed medallion, a smaller similar medallion with a portrait of a young man above and below, on intricate scrolling floral ground, the borders with scrolling foliate tendrils in cusped cartouches interspersed with gold and green quatrefoils on red ground; the reverse with a depiction of the Prophet's flight on Buraq , two cherubs above and below, framed with cusped calligraphic cartouches in elegant gold nasta'liq script on black ground between two bands of floral motifs 8 ¼ x 5 ¾in. (21 x 14.5cm.)
A LACQUER PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
A LACQUER PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular form, the hinged flat cover top and case base with polychrome painted decoration consisting of portrait of a young lady holding a floral bud in a lobed medallion, a smaller similar medallion with a portrait of a young man above and below, on intricate scrolling floral ground, the borders with scrolling foliate tendrils in cusped cartouches interspersed with gold and green quatrefoils on red ground; the reverse with a depiction of the Prophet's flight on Buraq , two cherubs above and below, framed with cusped calligraphic cartouches in elegant gold nasta'liq script on black ground between two bands of floral motifs 8 ¼ x 5 ¾in. (21 x 14.5cm.)
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