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Pen Box with Flowers

Pen Box with Flowers

Artists' Tools18th century

Pen Box with Flowers

1748-1749

Artists

`Ali AshrafArtist

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.

Classification

Artists' Tools

Medium

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, copper alloy particles, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Period

Afsharid period

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

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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