TWO QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN)  Iran, late 19th century Each with rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides of one painted with horizontal composition of birds amongst flowers, polychrome-painted heightened with gold against translucent black ground, the internal tray and the underside with gold trellis and floral scrollwork on a black ground, 22.8cm long; and another similar one, the top and sides with scenes from the courtly life interspersed with the typical gul-o-bulbul motif, the internal tray and the underside with gold rules on a black ground, 22.5cm long.