Artists' Tools19th century

Pen box with gold arabesque

19th century

Description

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top and sides are covered by an arabesque overlaid in gold on a dark steel ground. On the base, the arabesque is overlaid in silver.

Classification

Artists' Tools

Medium

Steel overlaid with gold on top and sides, silver on base

Period

Qajar period

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

2.6 × 2.9 × 21.2 cm (1 × 1 1/8 × 8 3/8 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.

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