from Persia
This wooden jewel box with a hinged lid comes from Persia and dates to the 20th century.
The wooden box is inlaid with khatamkari work in coloured woods - brown, green, and ivory in repeated star design. It is set with punched silver plaques depicting audience scene from the treasury relief of the Achaemenid palace at Persepolis. There is a mirror set inside the lid.
It is interesting to note that the iconography on this piece celebrates the pre-Islamic grandeur of Persia and its rulers.
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