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Pen Box with European Woman in Medallion and Floral Sprays

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Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in vertical format. A central medallion contains a three-quarter length portrait of a European woman in a blue dress. Above and below, bouquets float on a bright red ground. The sides each bear an elongated cartouche with a wooded landscape with a lake. Scrollwork in bright gold ornaments all sides of the pen box. The pen box is likely a product of the Lukutin manufactory in Danilkovo.
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
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Title: Pen Box with European Woman in Medallion and Floral Sprays
Description:
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends.
The top is decorated in vertical format.
A central medallion contains a three-quarter length portrait of a European woman in a blue dress.
Above and below, bouquets float on a bright red ground.
The sides each bear an elongated cartouche with a wooded landscape with a lake.
Scrollwork in bright gold ornaments all sides of the pen box.
The pen box is likely a product of the Lukutin manufactory in Danilkovo.

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