Name/Title
Small Rectangular Chased Silver Box with Hunting SceneEntry/Object ID
JI2025000449Description
Small chased silver rectangular box with debossed decoration of horses on top. It depicts a monabat-kari-style decoration of a hunting scene of Bahram V, with figures on horseback pursuing various animals with dogs. There are lions, rabbits, foxes and dear, all within a rectangular reserve and arched pediment. The edge is bordered with birds in foliage (golo morph) and guilloche below. The sides are engraved with a ghalam zani decoration of peony cartouches and arabesques. It was likely made in Isfahan, Iran around the 1960s.Context
The box belonged to Mrs. Jessie Jordan.Ethnography
Cultural Region
Country
PersiaRegion
West AsiaContinent
AsiaCounty
Iran