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Pen Case and Inkwell

Hindu, 1700-1899

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Pen Case and Inkwell

Hindu, 1700-1899

Physical Qualities Metal alloy, 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) L
Credit Line Lockwood de Forest Collection
Object Number 1922.2.85
2 hexagonal tubes conected by pierced geometric motifs
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1922; American Art Galleries, New York; Lockwood de Forest purchased in India, probably 1914
Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Examples of East Indian Persian and Syro-Damascan Art and Curios forming the private collection of the widely known artist and connoisseur Lockwood De Forest, Esq. of New York City, NY: American Art Association, 1922, no. 376.

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