Door

NEP18

From: Iran | Isfahan

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number NEP18
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Persian
Provenience Iran | Isfahan
Locus Chahal Situm Pavilion
Section Near Eastern
Materials Wood
Technique Painted
Iconography Men | Women | Cup | Chair | Tree | Ewer
Description

Small doors, painted with exquisite miniatures. Central medallions: a man offering a cup to a lady seated in a chair under a tree. A man kneeling pouring out a cup of wine from a ewer and offering it to a standing lady. Said to have come from the pavillion of Chahal Situm. Decorated by Ziza Abbasi.

Height 168.91 cm
Length 77.47 cm
Width 0 cm
Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1926

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