Featured Persian papier-mache & lacquer boxes

The Khatam marquetry boxes are beautiful. It is difficult to compare the geometric designs with the hand painted scenes.
This is the closest I have found to the boxes I have:

https://www.trocadero.com/stores/ga...l-Persian-Qajar-Papier-Mache-Lacquer-Box-1900

 

Sorry there are elements of the Khatam boxes that I have that are painted like the border of your boxes, it might be hard to see from my photos

 

I'm not entirely sure but I may have made a mistake saying these were 1960's tourist pieces, sorry. I have been doing far more research on Iranian painting of late, then I thought oh lets look again at my Iranian papier mache painted box and found a number of auctions saying they were 19th c.
https://www.roseberys.co.uk/a0369-lot-461408
https://www.rm-auctions.com/en/euro...nd-wood-chest-with-interior-qajar-iran-19th-c
https://www.rm-auctions.com/en/euro...d-cover-with-hunting-scenes-qajar-iran-19th-c
https://www.rm-auctions.com/en/euro...-and-cover-with-calligraphy-qajar-iran-19th-c
I am now thinking mine might also be 19th c, if so I'm very excited, I love the artwork on my box and bought it only because of the artwork but in the back of my mind I always thought it was a transfer from the 60's or 70's because it was so well done and because I didn't pay a lot for it but now I do hope I was wrong I'll do some photos later and post them.

 

Almost identical https://www.trocadero.com/stores/ga...l-Persian-Qajar-Papier-Mache-Lacquer-Box-1900

 

Thank you for revisiting this thread! Now if I can just remember where I stashed those boxes.....

 

So my box has a painted scene around the outside of the box that repeats twice, they are almost exact copies of each other, so much so that only taking photos and comparing side by side shows there are slight differences. I have owned this box for years and always thought it wasn't hand painted and it was some sort of transfer printed modern tourist piece. Over the last few weeks I have been taking a deep dive into Iranian art and I am flabbergasted at the skill, this lead me back to my box thinking the artist might have just been that good to almost exactly replicate the scene twice instead of it being a transfer print and I'm pleased to see this is indeed the case.

 

I am so glad you still have them and sorry again for giving bad advice.

 

This is just one of the unbelievable Iranian hand painted papier-mache boxes I've found, just look how well it's been done.
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6361872

 

Wow.

 

Quite wonderful.

 

This seems a lot like mine but nothing like mine lol
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/29610025...0/PGsC3YugJkGig1M52lyi8z/F|tkp:Bk9SR86e6eXgYw

 

10,000 pounds? Wowser. Don't see much of the Iranian/Persian stuff here, but lots of Russian lacquered boxes.

 

Unfortunately Russian lacquered boxes aren't the same especially seeing as I got one in a lot of boxes I bought the other day The Christies box I thought was cheap, do you see how well it's been done? Italian masters would be in awe of such work. The more I research Iranian art the more I'm impressed, now just got to find one on ebay for 99p start

 

Oh, I wasn't comparing the Persian boxes to the Russian lacquer ones; just commenting that I don't see a lot of Persian art around my locale but seeing more of the Russian ones (perhaps because of online shopping, LOL!). Miniature paintings show up at the auction occasionally but boxes fairly rarely.

 

" I wasn't comparing the Persian boxes to the Russian lacquer ones" Sorry, no nor was I, I was just saying the Russian box I got the other day unfortunately didn't have the £10,000 price tag lol

 

Thanks for resuscitating this discussion thread. I missed it the first time around. Beautiful boxes!

 

It's would seem making mistakes is something I do a lot lol Only last night I was messaging a ebay seller saying can I have a refund on a item I bought and hadn't yet picked up because it was a fake. In my defence the Hoshiarpur shaving stand looked right, it was only after lengthily research I found a Indian company faking them using camel bone instead of ivory and aging them to look old. I'll leave a link to the ebay item and see what other members think. It looks like it's been removed but I hope you can see the link. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266679738965

 

It's would seem making mistakes is something I do a lot..............

then here, you're in good company !!...