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Pen Box with Flowers and Birds

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 birds perching in clusters of flowering plants that sprout from a ground line. Plants include rose, carnation, hazelnut, hyacinth, and tulip. The base and compartment are painted with a gold arabesque on a red background

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

Qajar period

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