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Qajar lacquer penbox, Signed "Ya Sadiq al Wa'd" , Persia, Dated A.H. 1161/A.D.1748
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3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
Signed "Ya Sadiq al Wa'd"
body of large rectangular form with flower, bird and insect studies on a sparkling red ground to exterior and interior lid as well as sides, scalloped pendant thumbpiece
Catalogue Note
This large and luxuriously decorated penbox bears an inscription that is largely accepted as the cryptosignature of the celebrated artist Muhammad Sadiq of Isfahan. Muhammad Sadiq was a gifted pupil of Muhammad Ashraf, who flourished from A.H.1128/A.D. 1716 to A.H.1177/A.D.1763-4. His output was not confined to lacquer alone, and his oeuvre includes two oil paintings in the Chehel Sotun Palace in Isfahan, one produced for the Afsharid ruler Nadir Shah and the other for Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar.