Pen Box with Battle and Lion-Hunt Scenes

19th century (Qajar)

23 cm 3.9 cm 3.8 cm

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This pen box (qalamdan) by one of the leading artists of Qajar Persia (1785-1925) was either given to or commissioned by an Iranian official. It is inscribed: "For the blessed one, his gracious excellency, the most glorious, the most generous, the orderer of the royal register...

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20226
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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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