LOT 67 A Qajar lacquer papier maché penbox (qalamdan), signed by Razi Persia, dated AH 13[0]8/AD 1890-91
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21 cm. long
A Qajar lacquer papier maché penbox (qalamdan), signed by Razi Persia, dated AH 13[0]8/AD 1890-91
with rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with minute intertwining floral motifs on a gold ground, the underside with scrolling floral motifs in gold on a black ground, inscribed in nasta'liq script with the date AH 13[0]8 within a cartouche 21 cm. long
|The inscription reads: etmam yaft aqall-e chakeran razi 13[0]8, 'It was completed [by] the smallest of servants, Razi 13[0]8/1890-91.'Razi Taleqani was a painter of the late Qajar period and worked at the College of Arts in Tehran. He was titled Sani' Homayun in AH 1314/AD 1896-97. His recorded work is dated between AH 1299/AD 1881-82 and AH 1326/AD 1908-09. (See Karimzaded Tabrizi, The Lives & Art of Old Painters of Iran, vol. 1, London 1985, pp. 206-07). A few pieces by him are in the Khalili Collection of Islamic Arts: see N. D. Khalili, B. W. Robinson and T. Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands: Part Two, London 1997, cat. nos 404, 408, 421-23 - in particular no. 409 (dated to circa 1908-09), where the design is extremely similar to the present lot.
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