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The decoration is very fine work indeed. It is signed, 'the work of the most humble Muhammad Baqir son of Muhammad 'Ali, in Isfahan, the seat of sovereignty, over a period of 11 months. It reached completion in the month of Jumada al-awwal 1187’. The back of the case shows an Adoration of the Shepherds, Netherlandish in style and doubtless after a European print. The front of the shutter shows a richly dressed woman in European dress, with a coverlet lined with ermine fur over her left arm, a kneeling devotee and female attendants in the background. She appears to be tugging at a string of pearls. The presence of a devotee suggests that the original was a saint, but her vigorous gesture is much more appropriate to a heroine brandishing a sword, hence possibly a version of Judith Triumphant (see MSS 1005).
The Khalili Collections
London
Title
Instrument Case with Shuttered Mirror
Date
1772
Medium
papier-mâché case, with fitted shutter & drawer, painted & varnished, with instruments now missing
Accession number
310
Work type
Sculpture
