Harvard Art Museums > 2014.353: Pen Box with Flowers and Birds in Medallions 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 with Flowers and Birds in Medallions (Mustafa al-Husayni al-Imami) , 2014.353,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/351850. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.353 People Mustafa al-Husayni al-Imami Title Pen Box with Flowers and Birds in Medallions Classification Artists' Tools Work Type pen box Date c. 1872-1873 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Isfahan Period Qajar period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/351850 Physical Descriptions Medium Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, copper alloy particles, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard Dimensions 4.1 × 4.3 × 24.6 cm (1 5/8 × 1 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Top: مصظفی الحسيني الامامي سنه ۱۲۸۹ Mustafa al-Husayni al-Imami, the year 1872-73 Inside cover (maker’s seal): عبده الرجي محمد جواد [illegible date] His [God’s] hopeful servant Muhammad Javad 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 2014.353 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. The top and sides are similarly composed with elaborate borders framing cartouches of various shapes and sizes that contain vignettes of birds and flowers. On the base, a gold arabesque is painted on a red background. 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. 145, cat. 138 Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/17/2017 - 01/07/2018 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
