Royal mirror case, depicting court scene with Shi’a scholar Sheikh Baha’i (1547-1621)
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attributed to Muhammad Isma'il Isfahani
Iran
1814 – 1892
Royal mirror case, depicting court scene with Shi’a scholar Sheikh Baha’i (1547-1621)
c.1850
papier-mâché, pigment, lacquer, bronze, glass
Iran
1814 – 1892
Royal mirror case, depicting court scene with Shi’a scholar Sheikh Baha’i (1547-1621)
c.1850
papier-mâché, pigment, lacquer, bronze, glass
Currently on display, Gallery 19
- Place made
- Isfahan, Iran
- Medium
- papier-mâché, pigment, lacquer, bronze, glass
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 19.0 x 4.0 cm
- Credit line
- Gift of Caroline Webber in admiration of her parents, Christine, and Ian Webber, through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2021. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
- Accession number
- 20214P61
- Signature and date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Media category
- Painting
- Collection area
- Asian art - Iran
- Image credit
- Photos: AGSA