Pen Box with Meeting of Shams-i Tabrizi and Rumi, and Other Figural Scenes

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format. An oval medallion with a portrait bust of a young woman is flanked by four lobed cartouches with figural scenes. The inner cartouches contain groups of dervishes; the one on the left may be identified as the meeting between Shams-i Tabrizi and Rumi. The outer cartouches contain women in European dress with children and attendants. The sides are decorated with a series of landscapes with figures in European dress, separated by oval medallions with portrait busts of men and women in European dress. The base is decorated with a gold arabesque on a red background.