From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Pen Box with Women, Men, and Children in Domestic Scenes

Collection of Hamid Kooros © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Identification and Creation

Object Number: TL41541.5
Title: Pen Box with Women, Men, and Children in Domestic Scenes
Classification: Artists' Tools
Work Type: pen box
Date: second half 19th century
Period: Qajar period
Culture: Persian

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
Dimensions: 3.9 × 3.8 × 22.8 cm (1 9/16 × 1 1/2 × 9 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Kooros Family Collection
Object Number: TL41541.5
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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Exhibition History

Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2017 - 01/07/2018

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