The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 28, 2023

Pen and Ink Box (lid)

1667–98

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Iran, Safavid period

(1501–1722)

Varnished lacquer and opaque watercolor over papier-mâché, ink, and copper alloy

Overall: 3.6 x 22.3 x 4.2 cm (1 7/16 x 8 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)

Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.689.b

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

1109

Inscription Remark

1109 AH is equivalent to 1697-98 CE

Provenance
?–1940
James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1940–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.689.b