Harvard Art Museums > 2014.390: Fitted Box with Sets of Balance Scales and Weights Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fitted Box with Sets of Balance Scales and Weights , 2014.390,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 31, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352135. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.390 Title Fitted Box with Sets of Balance Scales and Weights Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type scale Date mid-19th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Qajar period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352135 Physical Descriptions Medium Steel, brass, wood, pasteboard; colors and gold under varnish Dimensions box closed: 5.2 × 20 × 12 cm (2 1/16 × 7 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.) 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 2014.390 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 Rectangular box with pull-out drawer. Contents include two sets of scales and eight weights. 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. 160, cat. 184 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
