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Pen Box with Flowers and Birds

Pen Box with Flowers and Birds

Aqa Muhammad Zaman

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 with birds and flying insects. On the base and compartment, a gold arabesque is painted on a black background.

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

Zand period

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