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Pen Box with Foliate and Floral Scrolls in Gold

Pen Box with Foliate and Floral Scrolls in Gold

Artists' Tools19th century

Pen Box with Foliate and Floral Scrolls in Gold

1886-1887

Artists

Sayyid Baqir MuzahhibArtist

Description

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top and sides are covered in a gold arabesque painted on a black background. On the base, gold flowers are painted on a red background.

Classification

Artists' Tools

Medium

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard

Period

Qajar period

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

3.6 × 3.8 × 22.3 cm (1 7/16 × 1 1/2 × 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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