Pen Box with Flowers
1748-1749
Artists
Description
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is in horizontal format. The top and sides are decorated with floral motifs painted on a black ground.
Dimensions
3.5 × 3.8 × 21.7 cm (1 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.
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