Harvard Art Museums > 2014.381: Wafer Seal Case with Tiger Hunt Boxes Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Wafer Seal Case with Tiger Hunt (Fathallah Shirazi) , 2014.381,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352138. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.381 People Fathallah Shirazi Title Wafer Seal Case with Tiger Hunt Classification Boxes Work Type box Date 1876-1877 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Qajar period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352138 Physical Descriptions Medium Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over tin layer on pasteboard Dimensions 1.9 × 3.1 × 15.7 cm (3/4 × 1 1/4 × 6 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: بر حسب فرمایش نواب اشرف امجد ارفع والا حشمت الدوله وزیر جنگ دام مجده العالی اتمام یافت کمترین بنده درگاه فتح الله شيرازي Finished by the order of his highness the noble, glorious, highest exalted Hishmat al-Dawlah, the Minister of War. May his glory be perpetuated. Lowliest servant of the court, Fathallah Shirazi 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 2014.381 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 Lidded box with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format with bouquets flanking a central panel, in which a tiger attacks men riding on elephants. 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. 148, cat. 147 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
