Mirror Case with Flowers in Diaper Pattern
c. 1750
Description
Rectangular mirror case with fitted lid. The outer faces are decorated with a diaper-patterned repeat of flowers. On the inner face of the lid, a three-quarter length portrait of a young woman holding a flower is set within a lobed ogival medallion.
Dimensions
frame: 11.2 × 8.6 × 0.9 cm (4 7/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/8 in.) lid: 9.7 × 7.2 × 0.3 cm (3 13/16 × 2 13/16 × 1/8 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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