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Pen Box with Portrait Medallions on Floral Ground
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Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in vertical format with three portrait medallions and two anchor pendants, surrounded by flowers painted on a red background. The inscription is written in the anchor pendants, and it reads, "He the Most High. It was painted by Haji Muhammad in 1102 H. (1690-1691)." The portraits are all of women, and the central figure wears a fanciful European gown. The sides are decorated with floral scrolls, which are continuous around the ends. The walls of the compartment bear gold landscape motifs on a red background. The base is plain red.
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 Portrait Medallions on Floral Ground
Description:
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends.
The top is decorated in vertical format with three portrait medallions and two anchor pendants, surrounded by flowers painted on a red background.
The inscription is written in the anchor pendants, and it reads, "He the Most High.
It was painted by Haji Muhammad in 1102 H.
(1690-1691).
" The portraits are all of women, and the central figure wears a fanciful European gown.
The sides are decorated with floral scrolls, which are continuous around the ends.
The walls of the compartment bear gold landscape motifs on a red background.
The base is plain red.
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