26 – Aqa Sadeq Naqqash – Qalamdan (Pen box)

Price realized: 1.4 Billion Rials (IRR)

Artist

Dimensions

22.5×3.8×3.5 cm

Name

Signed

Technique

papier-mâché Qalamdan (pen box) with Lacquer painting

Year of creation

Qajar period

Biography

Aqa Sadeq I (12th century AH) an Iranian painter and Qalamdan Negar (pen box painter) painted various images and “Golo Morgh” with oil ( lacquer) on Qalamdans (pen boxes). One of his great works is a cover of mirror with lacquer technique kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Also, several valuable wall paintings have been made in the Chehelsotun Palace in Isfahan.