Other pen boxes signed by Abu Talib are now in the British Museum, London, inv.nos. 2016,6035.2 and 2016,6035.1 and in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London, inv.nos. LAQ524,226,414 and 342; published in Khalili, Robinson and Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic World, The Nasser D. Khalili of Islamic Art, Part I, 1996, pp.224-8, cat. nos. 178-183. Of this group, LAQ226 bears a close resemblance to this lot. Provenance: Property from an Important Private Collection