Mirror Case
- Artist: 'Ali Ashraf, Iranian
- Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on papier mâché under a lacquered varnish; silvered glass
- Place Made: Iran
- Dates: AH 1165 / 1751 CE
- Dynasty: possibly Zand
- Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (14.6 x 19.1 cm)
- Signature: Signed: "Zi ba'd-i Muhammad 'Ali Ashraf ast (after Muhammad is `Ali Ashraf)" - the allegorical signature of 'Ali Ashraf.
- Collections: Arts of the Islamic World
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd Floor - Accession Number: 88.92
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson in memory of her husbund
- Image: Overall, 88.92.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue 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.
This mirror case bears the allegorical signature of the renowned eighteenth-century lacquer artist ʿAli Ashraf: “After Muhammad, ʿAli is noblest.”
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