A Qajar lacquered papier mache Wafer Seal Holder
Persia, 19th Century
Persia, 19th Century
of narrow rectangular form with two sliding sections on either end revealing a hollow container, decorated in gilt and polychrome with cusped cartouches containing ladies and others containing hazlenuts, the sides decorated in gilt with floral sprays
16.2 cm. long
16.2 cm. long
Sold for
£1,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For a comparable wafer seal holder in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, see N. D. Khalili, B.W. Robinson and T. Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, Volume XXII, Part Two, Oxford, 1997, p. 159.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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