Pen Box with Flowers and Birds
Mirza Mustafa Shirazi
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 birds and insects in flowers that sprout from a ground line, against a black background. The base bears a gold arabesque on a red ground.
Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
Qajar period