*A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE ( QALAMDAN ) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 19th century With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top painted with a horizontal composition with three group scenes in lobed cartouches, the central scene with Sheikh San’an taking wine from the Christian girl, the sides with scholars and scribes, and hunting scenes, the ends with European-style portrait roundels of young maidens, a young lady in a Victorian bonnet and wearing an Ottoman headdress, the base and underside with scrolling lotus flowers against a bright red ground, signed Ja’far bin Najaf-Ali , dated 1279 AH (1863), 21.8cm x 3.5cm x 3.7cm.