• A Qajar lacquered papier mache qalamdan, Iran, dated 1317AH/1899-1900AD 1899
  • Handicrafts and classics, Wood. lacquer
  • 23.7 cm
  • signed Sani' Humayun, and decorated with the kings of Persia
    of typical form with rounded ends, extensively decorated to lid and sides with enthronement scenes, diplomatic meetings, courtly scenes, each cartouche accompanied by black ink epigraphic captions providing context and details about the scenes, the base and sides of the sliding tray with cusped cartouches featuring philosophers, literati, Sufi shaykhs and pupils, and a woman on horseback clad with a burqa being reunited with her beloved, the interior of the tray painted in polychromes with rosette and flower bouquets against a gold ground
Estimation
£3,000
3,948 USD
- £5,000
6,581 USD
Realized Price
£8,500
11,187 USD
112.5%
ArtChart | A FINE QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ CASKET by Unknown Artist
A FINE QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ CASKET
Estimation
£10,000
13,161 USD
-
£15,000
19,742 USD
Realized Price
£10,080
13,267 USD
19.36%
Sale Date
Christie's - 31 March 2022