Lot 256
Middle East.- Decorative Album, polychrome-painted, lacquered and enamelled album cover with khatamkari, [Iran], [late 19th-early 20th century]
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Middle East.- Decorative Album, polychrome-painted, lacquered and enamelled album cover with khatamkari, upper cover with polychrome-painted and lacquered vegetal scrolls and boteh leaves, engraved silver mounts, several plaques with polychrome-painted enamelled panels with rosette stems on black grounds, and a couple in the wilderness in the central roundel, lower cover with similar background decoration, the central medallion with a painted hunting scene, signed in black ink on the upper left corner 'The work of ?Islamiyan', brown leather spine with brocade ribbon tie, very slight rubbing to the spine, overall a beautifully decorated empty album, oblong folio, [Iran], [late 19th-early 20th century]
Description
Middle East.- Decorative Album, polychrome-painted, lacquered and enamelled album cover with khatamkari, upper cover with polychrome-painted and lacquered vegetal scrolls and boteh leaves, engraved silver mounts, several plaques with polychrome-painted enamelled panels with rosette stems on black grounds, and a couple in the wilderness in the central roundel, lower cover with similar background decoration, the central medallion with a painted hunting scene, signed in black ink on the upper left corner 'The work of ?Islamiyan', brown leather spine with brocade ribbon tie, very slight rubbing to the spine, overall a beautifully decorated empty album, oblong folio, [Iran], [late 19th-early 20th century]
