*TWO QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉPANELS WITH BANQUET SCENES PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 19th century Comprising two rectangular panels, polychrome-painted against a translucent ground, the vertical composition characterised by a man with a tall black Astrakhan kaj-kolahhat and typical Qajar pink dress, the female companion fully bejewelled and wearing an encrusted feather-shaped head ornament, the scene in a traditional Qajar interior with khatamkari high chairs, floral carpet, dancers and musicians joining the scene, the composition bordered by calligraphic cartouches in unreadable nasta'liq,mounted, framed and glazed, 54cm x 47cm including the frame; and the horizontal composition similar, Chinese porcelain bowls and saucers in front of the couple, bordered by several cartouches of white nasta'liqcalligraphy, golden roundels with the signature in red of Hajji Mohammad Naqqash-e Isfahan and the date 1272 AH (1855), the polylobed calligraphic cartouche at the back ascribed instead to Hajji Mohammad Taqi Isfahani's workshop, dated 1272 as well, mounted, glazed and framed, 59.5cm x 45.5cm including the frame.