拍品 88
88
A PERSIAN POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the black top and sides painted with a gul-i-bulbul design of nightingales among rose sprays, the black base with a gold floral tussock issuing leafy and palmette vine, the tray plain black, probably early 19th century (very minor retouching)

细节
A PERSIAN POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the black top and sides painted with a gul-i-bulbul design of nightingales among rose sprays, the black base with a gold floral tussock issuing leafy and palmette vine, the tray plain black, probably early 19th century (very minor retouching)
9in. (22.8cm.) long

拍品专文

While the top bears the signature of Muhammad 'Ali Ashraf and the date 1159 (1746-7 AD), it is probable that these are later additions.