Pen nibs

American

Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami

Persian

Untitled (two cats wearing hooded capes and boxing gloves in small boxing ring)

Jack Gould

Insulin syringe

American

A Flux Atlas, 1923 - 1988

Robert Watts

Qalamdan (Pencase)

Persian

Pen box with scenes from Nizami's tale of Bahram Gur and the Seven Princesses

Muhammad Kazim ibn Najaf `Ali

A Turkish Scribe's Kit

Ottoman

Pen Box with Riverscape, Female Portraits, and Turkeys in Medallions

Mirza Mustafa Shirazi

Pen Box with Holy Family and Female Portrait Medallions

Najaf `Ali

Pen Box with Reclining European Women and Female Portraits

Attributed to the Circle of Najaf `Ali

Pen Box with Nasir al-Din Shah and His Court; and Rulers from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi

Muhammad Kazim ibn Najaf `Ali

Pen Box with Inscriptions, Portrait Medallions, Animal Combats, and Flowers; with Ink Holder

Muhammad ibn Mahdi

Pen Box wtih Shah Isma'il at the Battle of Marv

Muhammad Sadiq

Pen Box with Riverscape, Female Portraits, and Lions in Medallions

Pen Box with Flowers, Birds, and Butterflies in Grisaille Technique

Pen Box with Erotic Scenes in Medallions on Floral Ground

Muhammad `Ali

Pen Box with the Virgin and Child, Elderly Saint, and European Women

Attributed to the Circle of Najaf `Ali

Pen Box with Muhammad Shah Qajar and Nur `Ali Shah

Abu’l-Hasan Isfahani

Pen Box with Rulers from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi

`Abd al-Husayn Sani` al-Humayun