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Pen Box with Muhammad Shah Qajar and Nur `Ali Shah
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Rectangular box with lift-off lid secured by a chain. The exterior of the lid is decorated in vertical format with a portrait of Muhammad Shah Qajar (r. 1834 48) seated on a chair like throne. The inside of the lid bears an image of a young dervish standing in an interior, with a staff and flowers. An inscription identifies the figure as Nur `Ali Shah (d. 1797), leader of the Ni’mat’ullahi Sufi order. The outside of the box is decorated with hunting scenes. On the base, a gold arabesque is painted on a red 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 Muhammad Shah Qajar and Nur `Ali Shah
Description:
Rectangular box with lift-off lid secured by a chain.
The exterior of the lid is decorated in vertical format with a portrait of Muhammad Shah Qajar (r.
1834 48) seated on a chair like throne.
The inside of the lid bears an image of a young dervish standing in an interior, with a staff and flowers.
An inscription identifies the figure as Nur `Ali Shah (d.
1797), leader of the Ni’mat’ullahi Sufi order.
The outside of the box is decorated with hunting scenes.
On the base, a gold arabesque is painted on a red background.
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