المؤلف
Unknown (maker)
تاريخ النشر
1750
مكان النشر
Iran (made) -
الموضوع
Containers Tools & Equipment Health
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Height: 6cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 20.2cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
W.87:1 to 30-1929
رقم السجل
W.87:1 to 30-1929
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1750
ملاحظات
From the fifteenth century onward, lacquer objects â including book bindings, pen cases, boxes, Qurâan stands, and mirrors such as this one â gained popularity in Iran, peaking in production during the nineteenth century, with the Qajar dynasty (1797-1924). The vast increase in production across a variety of objects resulted in a considerable decline in quality; however, fine specimens continued to be done by certain artists in the cities of Shiraz, Isfahan, and Tehran. Much lacquerware during the Qajar period was also influenced by the increasing import of European artefacts, resulting in a distinctive Europeanization of designs and motifs. Lacquer production continued in Iran until 1924, when the Qajar dynasty was overthrown, after which point its production became determinably unfashionable. Writing in the early nineteenth century, Sir William Ouseley, a Persian scholar and secretary to his brother, George IIIâs ambassador to the court of Fath Ali Shah (ruled 1797-1834), Sir Gore Ouseley, wrote: âAt Ispahan the covers of the books are ornamented in a style particularly rich; and they often exhibit miniatures painted with considerable neatness and admirably varnishedâ¦.Most provinces of the kingdome are supplied by this great city with pen-cases or kalamdans, made, like the book-covers, of pasteboard, and sometimes equally beautiful in their decorationsâ¦.some contain, in various compartments on the lids, ends and sides, very interesting pictures executed in the best style of Persian miniature. The common subjects are battles and hunting-parties; but they often exhibit scenes from popular romances, among which the favourite scene seems to be Nizamiâs story, the Loves of Khusrau and Shirin.â Constructed of papier-mache and sometimes wood, lacquer objects were often decorated with small-scale paintings of popular motifs like floral patterns, birds, royal scenes, and popular romances before a varnish was then applied that protected the painting and added a pleasing reflective glow. Mirrors, as seen in this surgeon's case, began to be used in Iran in the 1660s, when mirror glass began to be imported from Europe.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
papier mâché and mother of pearl Papier
Parçalar
Lancet, Medical Instrument, Lancet, Clamp, Medical Instrument, Pliers, File, Hand-Vice, Pliers, Whetstone, Medical Instrument, File, Knife, Knife, Knife, Awl, Awl, Scissors, Knife, Comb, Saw, Medical Instrument, Pair of Compasses, Knife, Tweezers, Ruling Pen, Mirror-Case, Tray, Tray, File
Fiziksel açıklama
Mirror-case, lacquered papier mâché box, containing 27 instruments and painted with European-style scenes of women with children following Christian iconography. There is a glass mirror under a hinged panel, and two internal drawers containing different steel instruments, some with mother of pearl handles. The instruments include knives, pliers, lancets and tweezers.
Üslup
Qajar
