A GILT AND LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ TURBAN CASE
Kashmir, Northern India, mid to late 19th century

Of lobed circular shape, resting on a flat base, the ribbed lid rising to a higher point in the centre, polychrome-painted, gilt and lacquered, on both the lid and base the decoration consisting of a central band of peacocks amidst lush rosettes and stylised flower heads against a white ground, framed within two floral bands of golden rosettes on red ground, a very large rosette with cusped petals and more flower heads at the top of the lid, the base with a central star-shaped flower head in gold spraying buds and leafy trellis against a red ground, the interior lacquered in plain red, 22.5cm diam. and 20.5cm high.

A very similar example was successfully sold in these Rooms, 29 October 2020, lot 302.