A lacquered papier mache qalamdan with calligraphy, Kashmir, India, circa 1800, with rounded ends, painted in polychrome and gold with a large nasta'liq inscription in black on a gold cloudband filled with white raised dots on a red ground, within a green outer band, the sides similarly decorated, the base red, 24.5cm. longA lacquered papier mache qalamdan with calligraphy, Kashmir, India, circa 1800, with rounded ends, painted in polychrome and gold with a large nasta'liq inscription in black on a gold cloudband filled with white raised dots on a red ground, within a green outer band, the sides similarly decorated, the base red, 24.5cm. long