Pen box

Object Details

• Provenance

  Colonel John L. Bates (1910-1995), acquired in Iran in the 1960s [1]

  To 1999

  Olga Leigh Olshan, Falls Church, VA, and Mary Pantuhova, Newtonville, MA, by descent from Colonel John L. Bates, to 1999 [2]

  From 1999

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Olga Leigh Olshan and Mary Pantuhova in 1999

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] Olga Leigh Olshan and Mary Pantuhova are the daughters of Colonel John L. Bates (1910-1995).

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Colonel John L. Bates

  Mrs. Olga Leigh Olshan

  Dr. Mary Pantuhova

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Collection of Colonel John L. Bates, Ret (1910-1995), gift of his daughters, Olga Leigh Olshan and Mary Pantuhova

• Type

  Container

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1790s

• Name

  Bates, John L., Olshan, Olga Leigh, Pantuhova, Mary

• Topic

  Art, Lacquer, Writing, Arts of the Islamic World, Zand period (1750 - 1794)

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Containers