Mirror case with Marian decoration, Iran qâjâr, 19th centuryOctagonal format, closed with a hinged lid, made of papier-mâché with painted and lacquered decoration, of two animated scenes of the Virgin and Child in an architecture opening on a landscape on both sides, the inside of the lid inscribed in cursive polychrome calligraphy on a green background with religious inscriptions in Arabic and Persian concerning the Prophet Muhammad, including his physical description, in cartouches. 20 x 16.4 cmSome chips and cracks, repaints, re-varnished, one hinge missing, glass broken, painted border tabs added later . A Qajar lacquer mirror case with the Madonna and Child and Islamic inscriptions, Iran, 19th century