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Pen box (qalamdan)

İsim	Pen box (qalamdan)
Basım Tarihi:	1850
Basım Yeri	Iran (made) Isfahan (made) -
Konu	Lacquerware
Tür	Diğer
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Length: 23 cm, Width: 3cm
Kütüphane:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası	848:1-1889
Kayıt Numarası	848:1-1889
Lokasyon	Middle East Section
Tarih	1850
Notlar	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)

Basım Tarihi 1850

Basım Yeri Iran (made) Isfahan (made) -

Konu Lacquerware

Tür Diğer

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Fiziksel Boyutlar Length: 23 cm, Width: 3cm

Kütüphane Victoria and Albert Museum

Demirbaş Numarası 848:1-1889

Kayıt Numarası 848:1-1889

Lokasyon Middle East Section

Tarih 1850

Notlar 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.