Pen Box with Flowers, Birds, and Butterfly
Ibrahim
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 and hazelnuts, with birds and flying insects on a black background. A gold arabesque is painted on a red ground on the base. On the top at left is an illegible signature.
Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
Qajar period