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Pen Box with Flowers and Birds

Pen Box with Flowers and Birds

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format. The top and sides are decorated with a continuous frieze of flowering plants with birds and flying insects on a gold background. On the base, a gold arabesque is loosely painted on a red background.

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Qajar period

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