LOT 211 A PAINTED AND LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PEN BOX (QALAMDAN), KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY
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A PAINTED AND LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PEN BOX (QALAMDAN), KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY of cigar shaped form, with sliding compartment, the exterior painted with flowers and Persian inscriptions in nastaliq script, the interior with brass inkwell and spoon 21cm long The inscriptions on the sides have been translated: 'God willing you live in /this world with excellent destiny/good fortune, wealth and young hearth always' & 'Oh! Almighty who controls the destiny of this world/If there is no grief from your side/so also/We do not have sadness.' The end inscriptions translate: 'Amal ('work of') Safdar Mughal', and a date '10th March [?]70'.
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