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Pen Box with Intertwining Foliate and Floral Vines
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Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top and sides are covered in a polychrome floral arabesque painted on a tan background. On the base, a scrolling grapevine is painted in gold on a tan background.
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: Pen Box with Intertwining Foliate and Floral Vines
Description:
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends.
The top and sides are covered in a polychrome floral arabesque painted on a tan background.
On the base, a scrolling grapevine is painted in gold on a tan background.
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