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Mirror Case with the Virgin and Child with Attendants
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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.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Geneva Switzerland (by 2014) by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar Houston Texas (2014) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2014.
Note:
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Title: Mirror Case with the Virgin and Child with Attendants
Description:
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.
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