Pen Box with Flowers, Birds, and Butterflies
1840-1841
Description
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format. The top and sides are decorated with a continuous frieze of flowering plants with birds and flying insects against a tan background. On the base a grape vine is painted on a red background.
Dimensions
3.9 × 4.1 × 22.3 cm (1 9/16 × 1 5/8 × 8 3/4 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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