Mirror Case
- Holding institution:
- Brooklyn Museum
- Data provider:
- Brooklyn Museum
- Title:
- Mirror Case
- Creator:
- 'Ali Ashraf
- Date:
- AH 1165 / 1751 C.E.
- Description:
- This mirror case bears the allegorical signature of the renowned eighteenth-century lacquer artist `Ali Ashraf: “After Muhammad, `Ali is noblest.” (Exhibit text, Islamic Galleries, June 2009, L. Akbarnia) Octagonal mirror case consisting of a frame and a hinged cover with a mirror. As in most Persian lacquer, this piece is made of papier-mâché and is covered with painted designs against a black ground. The edges are decorated with minute repeated stylized leaf and flower patterns in gold on a black ground.Signed: Signed: "Zi ba'd-i Muhammad 'Ali Ashraf ast (after Muhammad is `Ali Ashraf)" - the allegorical signature of 'Ali Ashraf.
- Type:
- Container
- Type (Narrower):
- Containers
- Type (Broader):
- Object
- Geographic region:
- Iran
- Provenance:
- Gift of Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson in memory of her husband
- Medium:
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on papier mâché under a lacquered varnish; silvered glass
- Extent:
- 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (14.6 x 19.1 cm)
- Rights:
- Creative Commons-BY
- Identifier:
- Accession Number: 88.92
- Is part of:
- Arts of the Islamic World