ANTIQUE PERSIAN QALAMDAN 17TH CIRCA PAPIER MACHE LACQUERWARE PEN CASE PAINTING

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ANTIQUE PERSIAN QALAMDAN 17TH CIRCA PAPIER MACHE LACQUERWARE PEN CASE PAINTING:
$690.00

ARTIST \"MUHAMMAD PAOLO ZAMAN KIRMANI KNOWN AS MUHAMMAD ZAMAN\", AN OUTSTANDING PAINTER OF HIS EPOCH HAS CREATED THIS MAGNIFICANT PAINTINGS ON THIS PEN CASE / QALAMDAN.

HE WAS A NATIVE OF KIRMAN, PERSIA. DURING 1700 CENTURY, HE WAS SENT TO ROME UNDER THE REGIN OF SHAH ABBAS II. HE RETURNED TO PERSIA AS A CHRISTIAN WITH THE NAME PAOLA. THIS PEN CASE / QALAMDAN IS ONE OF THE FEW SURVING ITEMS OF HIS 17TH CENTURY LACQUERWARE.

PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS DEPICTING ROYAL FAMILY STORIES AND FLOWERS APPEARED QUITE FREQUENTLY IN THE EARLY TO MID 17TH CENTURY.

THIS RARE ANTIQUE PERSIAN PEN CASE IS UNIQUEBECAUSE OF THE SIZE AND THE LATCHING HINGED LIDDESIGN.

AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MAGNIFICENT ANTIQUE PERSIAN PEN CASE IS 100% GURANTEED.4/23/15 REDUCED PRICE FROM $1490TO $990.

MEASUREMENTS ARE ABOUT 12 5/8\" (32 CM) LONG, 3 3/8\" (8.5 CM) WIDE AND 2 7/8\" (7.5 CM) HIGH.

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