THREE QAJAR LACQUER PEN BOXES, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY, ONE SIGNED BY 'YA SHAH NAJAF' AND DATED 1273 AH/1856 AD, ANOTHER SIGNED 'RAFI’ AL-HUSAYNI’

THREE QAJAR LACQUER PEN BOXES, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY, ONE SIGNED BY 'YA SHAH NAJAF' AND DATED 1273 AH/1856 AD, ANOTHER SIGNED 'RAFI’ AL-HUSAYNI’

each lacquered papier-maché box with rounded ends and sliding tray, one decorated with scenes of courtly entertainment, another with Shaykh San'an and the Christian maiden and hunting scenes on the sides, the interior with the case maker's signature ‘The hoping servant (of God) Rafi’ al-Husayni’, the signed and dated example with a full length maiden on the cover and hunting scenes on the sides

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22.5cm; 21.5cm; 20.3cm.