* A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN)  PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION   Iran, inscribed Ya Sadiq Al-Wa'd (for Muhammad Sadiq) and dated 1175 AH (1761) With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with horizontal composition of polylobed cartouches telling the story of two lovers, from the courtship and pining to the wedding scene, interspersed with oval portrait medallions with youths, polychrome-painted heightened with gold against translucent ground, the internal tray and the underside with gold floral spray and vegetal tendrils on red ground, 23.5cm long. For a similar qalamdan inscribed by the same artist, please see Christie's South Kensington, 11 April 2014, lot 151. * Please note that this lot is subject to import VAT at a preferential rate of 5% on the Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on the Buyer's Premium.