A LACQUERED WOOD JEWEL BOX AND PAPIER-MACHÉ MIRROR CASE, QAJAR IRAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

A LACQUERED WOOD JEWEL BOX AND PAPIER-MACHÉ MIRROR CASE
QAJAR IRAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each of rectangular form, the box with hinged flat lid, painted to imitate tortoiseshell, over-painted with gul-o bulbul designs, the base plain red, the interior plain wood; the mirror case with gul-o bulbul design on imitation tortoiseshell ground, the interior with a fine indoor seated portrait of the young Nasir al-Din Shah
The Box 12 x 4 ¾ x 7 ½in. (30 x 12 x 19cm.); mirror case 10 5/8 x 7 ¼in. (27 x 18,2 cm.)

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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION