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Octagonal Mirror Case with Lid

1800s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

This mirror case focuses on a single female figure shown on both the interior and exterior of the case. Although she wears a slightly different ensemble in the painting inside the lid, the woman has the same henna tattoo on her throat. On the exterior she is mounted on horseback and wears a jacket embroidered with gems and pearls over a pair of wide-legged trousers, typical for ladies of the Qajar court. Her bold continuous eyebrow, kohl-lined eyes, and henna-dyed fingernails accord with Qajar fashion.

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  • Title: Octagonal Mirror Case with Lid
  • Date Created: 1800s
  • Provenance: Mrs. L. E. Holden, ?-1918, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1918-present
  • Type: Lacquer
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.785
  • Medium: Varnished lacquer and opaque watercolor over papier-mâché
  • Department: Islamic Art
  • Culture: Iran, probably Isfahan, Qajar period (1779–1925)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden
  • Collection: Islamic Art
  • Accession Number: 1918.785
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