Pen Box with Flowers and Birds
1845–1905
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
- Dimensions
- 3.8 × 3.9 × 22.4 cm (1 1/2 × 1 9/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- Artists' tools
About
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format. The top and sides are decorated with a continuous frieze of flowering plants with birds and flying insects on a gold background. On the base, a gold arabesque is loosely painted on a red background.