Pen Box with Intertwining Foliate and Floral Vines

Artists

Description

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top and sides are covered in a polychrome floral arabesque painted on a tan background. On the base, a scrolling grapevine is painted in gold on a tan background.

Dimensions

3.5 × 3.4 × 21.9 cm (1 3/8 × 1 5/16 × 8 5/8 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.