Three panels and a lidded box

Description:

Persia/India, 19th century
42,5 x 27,7 cm; 6,7 x 31,5 x 15,5 cm
Lacquer work in papier-mâché, probably three mirror box shutter panels with polychrome painting and floral ornamentation in light relief. One panel with a central figural reserve in the Safavid style. The lidded box is decorated with floral decoration, the popular "Gul-o-bulbul" motif and a surrounding Qajar calligraphy frieze on the lid.
From the collection of art dealer and collector Saeed Motamed (1925-2013), collected since the 1950s, largely documented in a 1998 inventory with drawings and Persian descriptions. Partially documented in exhibition catalogs since the 1970s, see inventory no. 2464, p. 301 - Very minor damages due to age, the panels slightly worn