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Hand-painted Qajar Lacquer Box with Chaugun (Polo) Players painting on tim as found: 11 1/16" x

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as found: 11 1/16" x 8 3/4"

) Based on other examples

This is about the most beautiful hand tool I can imagine

when apparently they were commonly seen in saloons and cigar shops

gathered from the surrounding jungle

Hand-painted Qajar Lacquer Box with Chaugun (Polo) Players painting on tim as found: 11 1/16" xSo many lovely boxes in the world. This one is Persian, and I believe specifically Qajar period (1789 to 1925), late 19th c. or so I believe. Hand painted on lacquered papier mache, one might first think the painting on the lid depicts a battle scene, but in fact these men on horseback are playing "Chaugan," more commonly known as polo, which is believe to have originated in ancient Persia thousands of years ago; look closely and you can see they hold

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