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View full screenBox, rectangular, with hinged lid, inlaid with khatem kari (mosaic) work and set with silver plaques showing scene from the Achaemenid palace at Persepolis: West Asia, Iran, probably Shiraz, Pahlavi, 1940 - 1950
A.1979.90
Iran, West Asia
1940 - 1950
Pahlavi period
Box with lid and on four feet; made from wood covered on the exterior with thin layers of khatem kari (mosaic) work on all sides except the bottom; front and lid inset with silver plaques in repousse showing Ahura Mazda and scenes from the Achaemenid palace at Persepolis (king on throne with fly whisk bearer behind from Audience Hall).