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MUGHAL LACQUERED WOOD PEN CASE (QALAMDAN)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
MUGHAL LACQUERED WOOD PEN CASE (QALAMDAN)
A VERY RARE ISLAMIC MUGHAL LACQUERED WOOD PEN CASE (QALAMDAN)NORTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURYOf
elongated rectangular form, the hinged lid with polychrome painted decoration consisting of a central floral cusped medallion flanked
by smaller quatrefoils filled in with rose sprays on a field of intertwined floriated vines, each side with a continuous floral
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PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) IRAN, 19TH CENTURYOf typical elongated from, the polychrome and gilt painted decoration with a
bowing retainer paying homage to his lord, richly adorned and carrying a bow, in a sylvan landscape, a bridge and castle in the
background, the sides with various countryside panoramas within gilt cartouches interspersed with portrait medallions of noble
youths, the reverse adorned with an intricate gilt floriated scrolling tendrils on red ground, the based rubbed, with later added
signature 'Ya Baqir al-'Ulum' and date of AH 1175/1761-62 AD