PERSIAN LACQUER

To study Persian kalemdâns is like reading Horace or Hafiz. You see life's light side, nature in color and design. It's not the despair of Omâr Khayâm, but a blithe tune.

Lacquer tray painted with a narrative scene from the Persian poem Yusuf and Zulaikha Dated 1109 (1697A.D.).

Length 29 cm ; width 17 cm

Lacquer mirror case painted with birds among roses

Signed Muhammad Ali Ashraf and dated 1153 (1740 A.D.).

Lenght 18.5 cm; width 15cm