c. 1850-1900
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in a horizontal format. The top and sides are covered with birds and floating bouquets on a black background. The base is red with a band of gold.
3.6 × 3.6 × 21.1 cm (1 7/16 × 1 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
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.
Gilt steel
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