Artists' Tools19th century

Ink holder

19th century

Description

The top and lid of the ink holder are decorated with champleve enamel. A bust-length portrait of a woman wearing beads and a lace collar occupies the flange; two birds decorate the top of the lid.

Classification

Artists' Tools

Medium

Steel with enamel decoration

Period

Qajar period

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

2 x 7.4 x 2.8 cm (13/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 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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