PERSIAN ANTIQUE QALAMDAN QAJAR LACQUER AWSOME ART,& ICONOGRAPHY

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PERSIAN ANTIQUE QALAMDAN QAJAR LACQUER AWSOME ART,& ICONOGRAPHY :
$1600.00

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WITH BUY IT NOW PURCHASSE RARE and IMPORTANT PERSIAN ANTIQUE QALAMDAN QAJAR ERA IT FEATURES A SUPERB AMPLE IMAGERY REFLECTING THE SPIRIT OF ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS COHABITAION: -QAJAR PERSIAN DRESSED AND LOOKING MEN AND WOMEN POSSIBLY INCLUDING A SHAH OR PRINCE - ALONG WITH (ARMENIAN) CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY.THE SPLENDID INTRICATE IMAGERY HAND PAINTED IS EMBELLISHING THE TOP, SIDES, FRONT AND BACK OF THE OUTTER CASE AS WELL AS CENTER OF THE BOTTOM OF THE INNER CASE. THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE QALAMDAN IS ALSO DECORATED WITH A DELICATE \"FRAME\" LIKE DESIGN.-THE QALAMDAN BASE IS CRAFTED OF PAPIER MACHE AND THE ARTWORK IS COVERED WITH THE UNIQUE TYPE OF LACQUER WHICH COVERED THE MAJORITY OF THE FINER QAJAR SUCH OBJECTS AND WHOSE FORMULA REMAINED A MYSTERY.THIS QALAMDAN WITH GORGEOUS LOOKS ISA FINE EXAMPLE OF THE REFINED QAJAR ART TRADITION AS IN ITS FLOURISHING DAYS OF THE 18-19TH CENTURY. THE IMAGERY HAS A SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE: .IT PRAISES THE PEACEFUL COHABITATION AND PROSPERITY ENJOYED BY THE ARMENIAN-CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, WHICH REACHED ITS HEYDAY STARTING DURING THE SAFAVID AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE QAJAR EPOCH.ARMENIAN ARTISTS AND ARTISANS WERE PART OF THE COMMUNITIES FLOURISHING ESPECIALLY AT ISPAHAN and NEW JULFA - a city BUILT ESPECIALLY FOR THE ARMENIAN MERCHANTS and COMMUNITY by the SAFAVID RULERS.ARMENIAN ARTISTS AND ARTISANS WERE AMONG THE MOST PROGRESSIVE SUCH INTELLECTUALS AND INTRODUCED AN IMPORTANT AMOUNT OF THE WESTERN TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL THOUGHT, ARTISTIC AND MUSICAL STYLES, WHILE CONTINUING THE TRADITION AND PERSIAN ARTISTRY.
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Armenians in Iranby:George A. Bournoutian on THE INTERNET
Fortunately the Qalamdan and the SPLENDID HAND PAINTED IMAGERY HAVE been preserved in fine and vibrant condition, other than in very few spots where tiny loss of color can be noticed.THE QALAMDAN is offered as found it was not cleanned nor polished.
THE QALAMADAN measures app.9\"=app.22.8 cm Long closed,along the Top, app.8\"=app.20cm Long along the Bottom app.1 \"=app. 2.5cm Wide on Top app.1\"=app.2.5cm Wide across the bottom and app.1 3/16\"=app.3cm High.
THIS ANTIQUE QALAMDAN WITH SPLENDID IMAGERY AND HISTORICAL ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE WILL FURTHER EMBELLISH ANY REFINED COLLECTION OR HOME AND BRING JOY AND MANY COMPLIMENTS TO ANY QAJAR ART AFICTIONADO.

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