Pen Box with Flowers and Birds in Grisaille Technique
Fathallah Shirazi
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format. In black on an off-white ground, the top and sides are painted with birds and flying insects amid plants that sprout from a ground line. The plants include rose, prunus, and hyacinth.
Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
Qajar period