בידספיריט | A Qajar Polychrome Lacquered Papier-Maché

A Qajar Polychrome Lacquered Papier-Maché Pencase (Qalamdan), Persia, Early 19th Century - Description: Of typical form with rounded end and sliding tray, the painted decoration on dense foliated ground with three large floral medallions, and in between them two medallion portraits of turbaned youths, the sides with central floral medallion flanked by two medallion portraits of women on one side, and a male and female on the other, the closed tip with floral themes, the base and sliding tray with gold floriated scrolls on black ground.   Dimensions: Length - 22 cm, height, 3.5 cm, width – 4 cm   Condition: Craquelure and scattered paint loss. Damage and ware to inner edge of sliding tray