Lot 88
88
Two leaves from the Nasir al-Din Shah album
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Two leaves from the Nasir al-Din Shah album

QAJAR PERSIA, CIRCA 1875 AND QAZWIN, CIRCA 1575

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Two leaves from the Nasir al-Din Shah album
Qajar Persia, circa 1875 and Qazwin, circa 1575
A photograph of the Shah seated on a chair in a fur-trimmed coat, and a miniature in gouache heightened with gold on paper, probably a leaf from a Shahnameh depicting Isfandiyar slaying the lions, mounted on card with decoupé margins
Folio 18 x 12in. (45.7 x 30.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

The album from which this and and the following three lots originate is a Royal album made for Nasir al-Din Shah in 1888, probably to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his accession to the throne. The margins of each folio are decorated with colourful decoupé work.

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