Pen Box with Hazelnuts, Birds, and Butterflies
Muhammad Husayn
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format with birds, flying insects, flowers, and hazel nuts on a sparkling black-green background. The sides and base have no decoration other than the sparkling black-green.
Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, platy hematite particles, and lacquer on pasteboard
Qajar period