A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE IRAN, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY THE COVER AND REVERSE DECORATED WITH A YOUNG COUPLE LEANING AGAINST A BOLSTER AND BEING ENTERTAINED BY MUSICIANS AND WAITED UPON BY SERVANTS, THE COVER'S REVERSE WITH A YOUNG INEBRIATED COUPLE AT NIGHT ENJOYING POMEGRANATES AND WINE, THE LADY RECLINING ON A CUSHION, A SERVANT IN THE BACKGROUND, THE BORDERS WITH GOLD PALMETTES ON BLACK GROUND 7½ X 11¾IN. (19 X 30CM.)

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