Mirror Case with Flowers and Birds
1795–1855
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, brass particles, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
- Dimensions
- frame: 20.5 × 14 × 1.7 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 11/16 in.) lid: 18.4 × 11.8 × 0.5 cm (7 1/4 × 4 5/8 × 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- Mirror
About
Rectangular mirror case with hinged lid. The outer surfaces of this mirror case bear compositions of mixed flowers with birds. On the inner face of the lid is painted a portrait of `Ali ibn Abi Talib, kneeling and holding his double-bladed sword in his crossed hands.