Pen Box with Flowers and Birds
Artists' Tools18th century

Pen Box with Flowers and Birds

1789-1790

Artists

Muhammad BaqirArtist

Description

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. Top in horizontal format. The top and sides are decorated with a continuous frieze of flowering plants with birds and flying insects on a brown background. The base is painted with a gold arabesque on a red background.

Classification
Artists' Tools
Medium
Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
Period
Qajar period
Century
18th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

3.8 × 3.7 × 22.3 cm (1 1/2 × 1 7/16 × 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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