Pen box tray

Description

Pen box sliding tray, elongated, with rounded ends, papier-mâché, painted monochrome with dervishes and horses in a landscape: West Asia, Iran, Qajar period, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1890.352 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Pen box tray, Qalamdan, Writing case

Production information

Iran, West Asia

Date

19th century

Style / Culture

Qajar period

Materials

Papier-mâché, Paint, Gold, Lacquer

Physical description

Papier-mâché, gesso, the rounded end forming part of the case painted monochrome black against a light background with a sleeping and a standing dervish and two horses with saddles in a landscape, lacquered; the exterior of the tray painted with sprays of flowers in gold against a red background; the inside of the tray black.

Associations

Paris Exhibition of 1889