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Rectangular mirror case with painting of figures surrounding child

Mirror Case with the Virgin and Child with Attendants

Attributed to the Circle of Najaf `Ali

Persian

Rectangular mirror case with fitted lid. The outer surfaces of the mirror case feature open-terrace scenes, with figures of the seated Virgin and Child and various attendants. In the backgrounds, putti hover over trees and fanciful architecture. The inner surface features a young prince and his attendants visiting a religious sage. The figures occupy a double-balustraded terrace in the middle ground. The background offers a vista of fanciful European towers with arched openings set within a riverine landscape.

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

Qajar period

Mirrors