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Pen box (qalamdan)

العنوان	Pen box (qalamdan)
تاريخ النشر:	1850
مكان النشر	Iran (made) Isfahan (made) -
الموضوع	Lacquerware
النوع	أخرى
اللغة	غير محدد
رقمي	نعم
مخطوط	لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية	Length: 23 cm, Width: 3cm
المكتبة:	Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة	848:1-1889
رقم السجل	848:1-1889
موقع المكتبة	Middle East Section
التاريخ	1850
ملاحظات	The primary function of a pen box (qalamdan) was as a writing implement - made of papier mache, wood or other materials, including precious metals â intended to hold a number of tools associated with the art and act of writing, including reed pens, an inkwell, liqah (a cotton wool substance used to absorb excess ink), a penknife, a qatâzan (a flat resting board made of horn), a whetstone, a small spoon, and a pair of scissors. These accessories were considered essential elements for a scribe. The box that kept these elements was deemed, by association, as important as the person who handled its contents, with the quality of the boxâs decoration directly reflecting the status of the scribe or patron. Pen boxes were carried by penmen of all ranks, often tucked into the shawls tied around their waists, symbolising a badge of their trade. So esteemed was the pen box that even Shahs commissioned them; these rare examples are confirmed by their inscriptions. The earliest specimens of this type date from the reign of Shah Sulayman Safavi (1664-95), but later Qajar examples commissioned by members of high bureaucracy also exist throughout the nineteenth century. This particular pen box could have been commissioned by a member of high court or society during the reign of Mohammed Shah Qajar, who ruled from 1834-48. The vertical composition of a single figure standing in a landscape represents a design modelled on traditional schemes employed on pen boxes, and appears on numerous examples dated to around the mid-nineteenth century.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Painted and lacquered papier-mache
Parçalar	Pen Case, Pen Case Part
Fiziksel açıklama	Oblong shaped pen box made of lacquered papier-mache and painted with a horizontally disposed composition on the top and sides of the box of the historical scene of the famous exploit of Shah Ismaâil I at the battle of Chaldiran in 1514, when he clove the Agha of the Janissaries with his sword. The similarly crowded scenes on the sides are of a royal lion hunt. The base of the cover and the sides of the sliding compartment are red, with gold floral scrollwork.

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Pen box (qalamdan)

تاريخ النشر 1850

مكان النشر Iran (made) Isfahan (made) -

الموضوع Lacquerware

النوع أخرى

اللغة غير محدد

رقمي نعم

مخطوط لا

الأبعاد الفيزيائية Length: 23 cm, Width: 3cm

المكتبة Victoria and Albert Museum

معرف أصل المكتبة 848:1-1889

رقم السجل 848:1-1889

موقع المكتبة Middle East Section

التاريخ 1850

ملاحظات The primary function of a pen box (qalamdan) was as a writing implement - made of papier mache, wood or other materials, including precious metals â intended to hold a number of tools associated with the art and act of writing, including reed pens, an inkwell, liqah (a cotton wool substance used to absorb excess ink), a penknife, a qatâzan (a flat resting board made of horn), a whetstone, a small spoon, and a pair of scissors. These accessories were considered essential elements for a scribe. The box that kept these elements was deemed, by association, as important as the person who handled its contents, with the quality of the boxâs decoration directly reflecting the status of the scribe or patron. Pen boxes were carried by penmen of all ranks, often tucked into the shawls tied around their waists, symbolising a badge of their trade. So esteemed was the pen box that even Shahs commissioned them; these rare examples are confirmed by their inscriptions. The earliest specimens of this type date from the reign of Shah Sulayman Safavi (1664-95), but later Qajar examples commissioned by members of high bureaucracy also exist throughout the nineteenth century. This particular pen box could have been commissioned by a member of high court or society during the reign of Mohammed Shah Qajar, who ruled from 1834-48. The vertical composition of a single figure standing in a landscape represents a design modelled on traditional schemes employed on pen boxes, and appears on numerous examples dated to around the mid-nineteenth century.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Painted and lacquered papier-mache

Parçalar Pen Case, Pen Case Part

Fiziksel açıklama Oblong shaped pen box made of lacquered papier-mache and painted with a horizontally disposed composition on the top and sides of the box of the historical scene of the famous exploit of Shah Ismaâil I at the battle of Chaldiran in 1514, when he clove the Agha of the Janissaries with his sword. The similarly crowded scenes on the sides are of a royal lion hunt. The base of the cover and the sides of the sliding compartment are red, with gold floral scrollwork.