File:A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Najaf 'Ali Isfahani, Persia, dated 1848-9.jpg

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English: A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Najaf 'Ali Isfahani

Persia, dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-9

with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with cartouches containing a Christian saint, architectural and landscape scenes and youths visiting holy men, the sides of the tray and base with vines 23.4 cm. long

Inscriptions: ya shah-e najaf 1265, 'O King of Najaf! (i.e. Imam 'Ali), 1265 (1848-9)'.

This is the signature used by the famous Qajar lacquer painter Najaf 'Ali Isfahani. His recorded works include lacquered pen boxes, mirror cases and book covers depicting various subjects, including European and Indian ones, and are dated between 1227 (AD 1812-13) and 1274 (AD 1857-8). For further information see Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives & Art of Old Painters of Iran, vol. 3, London, 1991, pp. 1368-81 and Khalili, Robinson, Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, Part Two, 1997, pp. 22-9 and cat. nos. 226, 228, 229, 231, 234, 235, 238, 265, 267 & 273.
Date 1848-1849
Source https://www.bonhams.com/auction/26017/lot/55/a-qajar-lacquer-penbox-qalamdan-by-najaf-ali-isfahani-persia-dated-ah-1265-ad-1848-9/
Author Bonhams

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