Pen Box with Riverscape, Female Portraits, and Turkeys in Medallions
Mirza Mustafa Shirazi
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format with five cartouches. In the center, a European cityscape rises on the bank of a river. This is flanked by circular cartouches containing portrait busts of women, which in turn are flanked by oblongs with turkeys. The sides are similarly decorated with circular and oblong cartouches containing female portrait busts, with ducks and chickens, and landscapes with small figures. On the base, rabbits flank an elongated cartouche with a river scene.
Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
Qajar period