Pen Box with Flowers and Birds

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Description

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format. The top and sides are decorated with birds perching in clusters of flowering plants that sprout from a ground line. Plants include rose, carnation, hazelnut, hyacinth, and tulip. The base and compartment are painted with a gold arabesque on a red background

Dimensions

3.7 × 3.8 × 21.6 cm (1 7/16 × 1 1/2 × 8 1/2 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.