Pen case with figural scenes and portrait of Virgin and Child

FS-S2014.17.57a-b_001

Pen case with figural scenes and portrait of Virgin and Child

Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard

H x W x D: 4.2 × 4.2 × 23.1 cm (1 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 9 1/8 in)

Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (Iranian, 1913-2014)

Abolala Soudavar

From ca. 1960 to 2011

Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Tehran, Iran and Geneva, Switzerland. [1]

From 2011 to 2014

Abolala Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland, gift of his mother, Ezzat-Malek Soudavar. [2]

From 2014

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Abolala Soudavar in 2014. [3]

Notes:

[1] According to Abolala Soudavar, his mother amassed most of her collection during the 1960s and 1970s. Around 1980, Ezzat-Malek Soudavar moved her collection for safekeeping to Geneva, Switzerland, in a bank safe deposit that she had. On March 24, 2011, Ezzat-Malek Soudavar formally gave the collection to her son, Abolala Soudavar. This information was provided by Abolala Soudavar in 2013. See letter from Abolala Soudavar dated Nov. 30, 2013, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. The collection remained in Geneva until its arrival at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC

[2] See note 1.

[3] See Deed of Gift, original in object file, Collections Management Office.

Iran

Gift of A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar

ca. 1825-50

Qajar period

Container

Virgin Mary

Qajar period (1779 - 1925)

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

calligraphy

Ezzat-Malek Soudavar collection

Smithsonian Institution