Pen Box with Muhammad Shah Qajar, Haji Mirza Aqasi, and Other Officials

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends.The top is decorated in horizontal format with a continuous scene of Muhammad Shah Qajar (r. 1834-48) leaning against a cushion, attended by his officials, including on the right Haji Mirza Aqasi (chief minister 1835-1848). Continuous landscape scenes with small scale figures decorate the sides as well: a beardless prince in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by his retinue on the front side; and soldiers with field artillery on the back side. On the base a flowering grape vine is painted in gold on a red background.