Harvard Art Museums > 2014.308: Pen Box wtih Shah Isma'il at the Battle of Marv Artists' Tools Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Pen Box wtih Shah Isma'il at the Battle of Marv (Muhammad Sadiq) , 2014.308,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/351839. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.308 People Muhammad Sadiq, Persian Title Pen Box wtih Shah Isma'il at the Battle of Marv Classification Artists' Tools Work Type pen box Date 1777-1778 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Qajar period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/351839 Physical Descriptions Medium Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard; metal ink holder Dimensions 3.7 × 4.1 × 23.5 cm (1 7/16 × 1 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: يا صادق الوعد ۱۱۹۱ O You who are true to your promise! 1777-78 Provenance Recorded Ownership History 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. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Accession Year 2014 Object Number 2014.308 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format with a scene that probably represents the battle of Marv in 1510 between the Safavid and Uzbek armies. The sides are decorated with a continuous landscape with herdsmen tending cattle, sheep, goats, and horsemen crossing bridges over rivers. The base is decorated with a gold arabesque on a red background. The sides of the compartment feature panels filled with blossoms on a red ground. Publication History Massumeh Farhad and Mary McWilliams, ed., A Collector’s Passion: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar and Persian Lacquer, Harvard Art Museums and Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution (Cambridge, MA/Washington, D.C., 2017), p. 121, cat. 64 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
