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Pen Box with Flowers, Birds, and Butterflies

Pen Box with Flowers, Birds, and Butterflies

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 against a tan background. On the base a grape vine is painted on a red background.

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

Qajar period

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