Mirror Case Depicting the Meeting of Nasir al-Din Mirza and Tsar Nicholas I in Erivan and Satin Pouch

Technique

a) Pasteboard, opaque color, watercolor, gold under a lacquer varnish b) Satin pouch with metal wrapped embroidery

Dimensions

a) mirror case: Ht. 11 in. (28 cm) W. 7 in. (17.8 cm) D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) b) pouch: L. 11 7/16 in. (29 cm) W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) D. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm) pouch with flap open: W. 15 3/16 in. (38.5 cm)

Mirror Case Depicting the Meeting of Nasir al-Din Mirza and Tsar Nicholas I in Erivan and Satin Pouch is a lacquer by Muhammad Isma'il Isfahani (Iranian, 1814–1892), dated 1271 AH/1854 CE. a) Pasteboard, opaque color, watercolor, gold under a lacquer varnish b) Satin pouch with metal wrapped embroidery; a) mirror case: Ht. 11 in. (28 cm) W. 7 in. (17.8 cm) D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) b) pouch: L. 11 7/16 in. (29 cm) W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) D. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm) pouch with flap open: W. 15 3/16 in. (38.5 cm). It is part of the Islamic Art collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Gift of Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020.