Pen Box with Flowers and Birds
1721-1722
Artists
Description
Rectangular pen box with lid. The top of the lid is decorated in a horizontal format. The top and sides are painted with a dense decoration of birds and flowers on black ground. The inside of the lid features a continuous tableau with a monkey, a falcon, various fruits, a grape vine, and a ewer of wine.
Dimensions
4.6 × 6.1 × 27.1 cm (1 13/16 × 2 3/8 × 10 11/16 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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