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Pen Box with Flowers, Birds, and Butterflies

Pen Box with Flowers, Birds, and Butterflies

Muhammad Husayn Shirazi

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format with birds and flowers on a black ground. On the sides, gold scrollwork frames panels with small-scale European figures on horseback and seated in carriages in riverine landscapes. These are flanked by medallions with three-quarter length portraits of European men and women.

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard

Qajar period

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