Wafer Seal Case with Flowers, Hazelnuts, and Butterfly
Muhammad Husayn Shirazi
1870–1895
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
- Dimensions
- 1.5 × 2.8 × 13.5 cm (9/16 × 1 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Boxes
About
Flat case with sliding lid and rounded ends. The top is in horizontal format with three panels containing birds, flowers, and hazelnuts. On the base a central panel contains a view of a town clustered at the edge of a bay, with mountains in the distance. To the left and right are floating bouquets.