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Pen Box (Qalamdan) by Islamic — VisualArtsDB

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Pen Box (Qalamdan)

Pen Box (Qalamdan)

Pen Box (Qalamdan)

1701–1900

Medium: Painted and lacquered papier-mâché
Dimensions: 3 × 20 × 3 cm (1 3/16 × 7 7/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Genre: Lacquer
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Islamic (culture or style)lacquerasian artdecorative object/ornamentdecorative arts

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