* TWO SMALL QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ SPECTACLE CASES
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Iran, mid to late 19th century

Each of elongated oblong shape, lacquered, polychrome-painted and heightened in gold, comprising a case with a reclined pink-clad Qajar lady, the composition indebted to Western portraits, the sides and underside decorated with golden lotus trellis and intertwined vegetal scrolls on a black ground, 13cm x 4cm; and another case, decorated with typical Kashmiri motif of golden interlocking cloud collars interspersed with flower heads in the centre, vine sprays with grapes on the terminals, the sides with rosettes band and the underside plain black, 13.3cm x 3.2cm.