Six "Qalamdan" lacquer writing cases

Description:

Persia, Qajar, 19th cent.
B. 18,5 - 25 cm
Papier maché with fine painting, depictions of figures and landscapes, one qalamdan with arabesque decoration.
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. 2410, p. 294; nos. 2415 and 2419, p. 295; nos. 2431 and 2433, p. 297 - Minor damage due to age