A MICRO-MOSAIC KHATAMKARI PORTABLE MIRROR WITH SILVER
Of rectangular shape, with a sliding lid, the exterior clad in bone, coloured wood and brass-inlaid lacquered micro-mosaic (khatamkari), the decoration consisting of bands of hexagonal cartouches filled with stars and geometric motifs, framed within miniature fretwork bands, in the centre a raised and cusped cartouche with two lines of ivory and bone-inlaid nasta'liq calligraphy 'Oh Allah, bless Mohammad and His Family', against a black ground with golden vegetal sprays, the interior with a similar inscription at the top of the mirror, the reverse of the lid polychrome-painted and lacquered with the typical gol-o-bolbol motif, the back with similar decoration to the front except for the openwork silver stand engraved with a bird amidst vegetal meanders, 22 cm by 14 cm.
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Of rectangular shape, with a sliding lid, the exterior clad in bone, coloured wood and brass-inlaid lacquered micro-mosaic (khatamkari), the decoration consisting of bands of hexagonal cartouches filled with stars and geometric motifs, framed within miniature fretwork bands, in the centre a raised and cusped cartouche with two lines of ivory and bone-inlaid nasta'liq calligraphy 'Oh Allah, bless Mohammad and His Family', against a black ground with golden vegetal sprays, the interior with a similar inscription at the top of the mirror, the reverse of the lid polychrome-painted and lacquered with the typical gol-o-bolbol motif, the back with similar decoration to the front except for the openwork silver stand engraved with a bird amidst vegetal meanders, 22 cm by 14 cm.
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