File:Khalili Collection Enamels of the World RUS720.jpg
Original file (4,892 × 2,500 pixels, file size: 749 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Licensing
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
Summary
Object
Pen Box
  |
|||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title |
Pen Box |
 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Object type |
enamel / qalamdān  |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
The classic form of the lacquer pen box (qalamdān) - an oblong case (tablah) with a sliding compartment (zạbnah) emerging from one of its rounded ends - evolved in Iran during the 17th century. A functional receptacle for the tools of the scribe, and an attribute of rank within the civil bureaucracy, pen boxes were often adorned with elaborate painted decoration. Replication of the pen box form in other materials, such as silver, was more unusual. In this instance the traditional shape has been followed, while the curvaceous foliate scrolls of filigree enamel decoration are more typical of contemporary Russian work. Gavriil Grachev founded his firm in St Petersburg in 1866; following his death in 1873 the business was taken over by his sons Mikhail and Semën and became known as Grachev Brothers. Holder of an Imperial Warrant from 1901, the firm produced high-quality silver and enamel in traditional styles ... see official web site for full description |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Date |
between 1904 and 1908 |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | silver-gilt, opaque and translucent filigree enamel 84 zolotniks | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of creation |
Saint Petersburg |
||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/enamels-of-the-world/khalili-collection-enamels-of-the-world-pen-box-rus720/ (English) |
||||||||||||||||||||
Photograph
| Author | Khalili Collections | ||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 14:55, 26 October 2020 | | 4,892 × 2,500 (749 KB) | MartinPoulter (talk | contribs) | pattypan 20.04 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on www.wikidata.org
