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Pen Box with European Woman in Medallion and Floral Sprays

Pen Box with European Woman in Medallion and Floral Sprays

Artists' Tools19th century

Pen Box with European Woman in Medallion and Floral Sprays

1880-1900

Description

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in vertical format. A central medallion contains a three-quarter length portrait of a European woman in a blue dress. Above and below, bouquets float on a bright red ground. The sides each bear an elongated cartouche with a wooded landscape with a lake. Scrollwork in bright gold ornaments all sides of the pen box. The pen box is likely a product of the Lukutin manufactory in Danilkovo.

Classification

Artists' Tools

Medium

Oil paint, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

3.5 × 3.7 × 22.7 cm (1 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 8 15/16 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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