Title:
[Qalamdān]
[قلمدان]
Date:
[1840?]
Bibliographic Citation:
[Qalamdān] [قلمدان]. [Kashmir] : [producer not identified], [1840?]
Notes:
Decorated in the usual Persian Gul bul or bird and flower design typical of Persian painting.
Title devised by cataloguer.
"Nineteenth century circa 1840 Kalamdan, or Pen-holder. This Persian or North Indian piece of Papier-mache work is a reproduction of a very early type in which flowers and birds form the chief motif. Inside are a couple of the r[e]ed pens formerly (and now occasionally) employed in writing. Found in Srinagar, Kashmir, May 28, 1926."--Accompanying note in pen box.
Provenance: Found in Srinagar, Kashmir, 1926.
Title devised by cataloguer.
"Nineteenth century circa 1840 Kalamdan, or Pen-holder. This Persian or North Indian piece of Papier-mache work is a reproduction of a very early type in which flowers and birds form the chief motif. Inside are a couple of the r[e]ed pens formerly (and now occasionally) employed in writing. Found in Srinagar, Kashmir, May 28, 1926."--Accompanying note in pen box.
Provenance: Found in Srinagar, Kashmir, 1926.
Physical Description:
image.writing instruments.colour
24.6 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Publisher:
is Part Of Exhibition:
ميراث مكتوب فارسى The Persianate Literary Heritage
Exhibition Theme:
Modern Persian
Call Number:
Other Version:
Image Identifier:
rbsc_qalamdan_rbd417