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Octagonal Mirror Case with Lid
The collection record classifies this work as lacquer. It is dated 1800s. Recorded culture or place: Iran, probably Isfahan, Qajar period (1779–1925).
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- Museum title
- Octagonal Mirror Case with Lid
- Date
- 1800s
- Culture / origin
- Iran, probably Isfahan, Qajar period (1779–1925)
- Materials and technique
- Varnished lacquer and opaque watercolor over papier-mâché
- Dimensions
- Not specified by the museum
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1918.785
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This mirror case focuses on a single female figure shown on both the interior and exterior of the case. Although she wears a slightly different ensemble in the painting inside the lid, the woman has the same henna tattoo on her throat. On the exterior she is mounted on horseback and wears a jacket embroidered with gems and pearls over a pair of wide-legged trousers, typical for ladies of the Qajar court. Her bold continuous eyebrow, kohl-lined eyes, and henna-dyed fingernails accord with Qajar fashion.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden · CC0
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