Harvard Art Museums > 2014.309: Pen Box with Portrait Medallions on Floral Ground 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 Portrait Medallions on Floral Ground (Muhammad Sadiq) , 2014.309,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/351867. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.309 People Muhammad Sadiq, Persian Title Pen Box with Portrait Medallions on Floral Ground Classification Artists' Tools Work Type pen box Date 1787-1788 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Qajar period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/351867 Physical Descriptions Medium Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, copper alloy particles, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard Dimensions 3.7 × 3.8 × 22.4 cm (1 7/16 × 1 1/2 × 8 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: صادق از لطف علي اشرف شد في سنه ۱۲۰۲ Sadiq is blessed with `Ali’s grace in the year 1787-88 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 2014.309 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 vertical format with three lobed ogival medallions containing portraits busts of a young man (center) and two women. The interstitial space is filled with mixed flowers on a sparkling red background. Anchor pendants above and below carry the inscription. The sides are similarly covered with mixed flowers on a red ground. The base is painted with a gold arabesque on a black 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), pp. 29-31, fig. 5; p. 120, cat. 63 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
