Tools and Equipment19th century

Fitted Box with Sets of Balance Scales and Weights

mid-19th century

Description

Rectangular box with pull-out drawer. Contents include two sets of scales and eight weights.

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Medium

Steel, brass, wood, pasteboard; colors and gold under varnish

Period

Qajar period

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

box closed: 5.2 × 20 × 12 cm (2 1/16 × 7 7/8 × 4 3/4 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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