From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Large Box with Fath ʿAli Shah Seated on the Sun Throne (Takht-i khurshīd)

Collection of Vahid Kooros © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Identification and Creation

Object Number: TL41550.3
Title: Large Box with Fath ʿAli Shah Seated on the Sun Throne (Takht-i khurshīd)
Classification: Boxes
Work Type: box
Date: 1820s-30s
Period: Qajar period
Culture: Persian

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Watercolor, metallic pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
Dimensions: overall: 19.5 × 29.9 × 42 cm (7 11/16 × 11 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Kooros Family Collection
Object Number: TL41550.3
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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