Enrica Medugno
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Lot 108R
Five Qajar lacquer pen boxes (qalamdans) Persia, late 19th Century(5)
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,480 inc. premium
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Five Qajar lacquer pen boxes (qalamdans)
Persia, late 19th Century
Persia, late 19th Century
each with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gilt with figural scenes and portraits
the largest 23 cm. long(5)
the largest 23 cm. long(5)
Footnotes
Provenance
The first and second: Sotheby's, Islamic Works of Art, 30 April 1998, lot 612.
The fourth: Sotheby's, Oriental Miniatures & Manuscripts, Antiquities, Islamic & Indian Art, 18 October 1996, lot 154.
The fifth: Sotheby's, Islamic Works of Art, 30 April 1998, lot 611.
The first decorated in polychrome and gilt with figural scenes, the base of outer case and sides of inner tray with landscapes on a black ground, 21.6 cm. long.
The second decorated in polychrome and gilt with pastoral scenes, 23.1 cm. long.
The third decorated in polychrome and gilt with cartouches containing scenes of Mother and Child, interspersed by roundels containing portraits of Europeans and Persians, the base of outer case and sides of inner tray with foliate interlace on a red ground, 22.2 cm. long.
The fourth decorated in polychrome and gilt with cartouches containing figural scenes interspersed by roundels containing portraits, the base of outer case with floral scrollwork on a red ground, the sides of inner tray with floral sprays on a red ground, 22.9 cm. long.
The fifth with cartouches containing scenes of bearded men and a youth, interspersed by roundels containing portraits of women, 22.6 cm. long.
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