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Small rectangular mirror case with painting of woman on lid

Mirror Case with Flowers in Diaper Pattern

Rectangular mirror case with fitted lid. The outer faces are decorated with a diaper-patterned repeat of flowers. On the inner face of the lid, a three-quarter length portrait of a young woman holding a flower is set within a lobed ogival medallion.

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, metallic particles, and lacquer over metallic layer on pasteboard

Zand period to early Qajar period

Mirrors