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Qalamdan, or pen box, with birds and flowers
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Description
Executed in grisaille, or monochrome shading, and enhanced by touches of gold, the design on this pen box features birds perching amidst roses. The nuanced and precise execution is reminiscent of the style of Mirza Mustafa, a calligrapher and painter active in Shiraz in the last decades of the 19th century.
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Details
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- Date
- late 19th century
- Material and technique
- papier mâché, with grisaille painting, coated with lacquer
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Christopher T. Gandy, 2012.
- Accession no.
- EA2012.111
Glossary
lacquer
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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Lure of the East: Selections from the Christopher Gandy Collection
(from 15th Apr until 27th Jul 2014)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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