A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Iran, late 19th - early 20th century With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top painted with an outdoor celebration scene around a young couple, the sides with naive interpretations of European images including Victorian ladies reading and elegant courtship, as well as riders in Persian dress, the base and inner sides in red, gilt with scrolling floral motifs, the interior with a steel inkwell engraved with the portrait of a young lady in an oval cartouche, 22.5cm x 4cm x 3cm; and a small group of calligrapher's implements comprising two small steel soot scoops and a pair of narrow steel scissors, 13.5cm long.