Box

Description

Box with a hinged cover, of papier-mache, and painted with The Finding of Moses in European style on the top and Persian scenes and figures on the sides: Middle East, Iran, late 17th or early 18th century

Museum reference

A.1890.349

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Box

Production information

Iran, West Asia

Date

Late 17th - early 18th century

Materials

Papier-mâché

Associations

Depicted: Moses
Paris Exhibition of 1889

Exhibitions

• Within the Middle East (12 May 1995)
  Royal Museum of Scotland