A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF
Iran, second half 19th century, attributable to Fath' Allah Shirazi (active 1850s – 80s)

A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF
Iran, second half 19th century, attributable to Fath' Allah Shirazi (active 1850s – 80s)

With rounded ends and sliding tray, polychrome-painted, heightened with gold, and lacquered, the top decorated with a horizontal-format composition featuring the beloved Qajar topos of the rose and nightingale (gol-o-bolbol), with plump birds frolicking amidst lush floral blossoms contained in oval cartouches against a dark black ground, the sides repeating the same motif alternating iris flowers medallions with gol-o-bolbol scenes, the underside and inner tray decorated with gold scrollwork of stylised saz leaves and lotus flowers on a dark red ground, 24cm long.

Dimensions: 24cm long

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

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A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Iran, second half 19th century, attributable to Fath' Allah Shirazi (active 1850s – 80s)

A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Iran, second half 19th century, attributable to Fath' Allah Shirazi (active 1850s – 80s)

A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF
Iran, second half 19th century, attributable to Fath' Allah Shirazi (active 1850s – 80s)

A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF
Iran, second half 19th century, attributable to Fath' Allah Shirazi (active 1850s – 80s)