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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.261
Title
Lacquered Box with Chess Pieces
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Qajar period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216918

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lacquer
Dimensions
7 x 30 x 9 cm (2 3/4 x 11 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.261
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Attractively painted with bird and flower.

Exhibition History

  • Birds, Beasts and Calligraphies, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/11/1981 - 09/29/1981

Verification Level

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