STUDY OF A YOUNG MAN AND A RAM
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STUDY OF A YOUNG MAN AND A RAM

AFTER REZA ABBASI, AH 1040/1630-1 AD OR LATER

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STUDY OF A YOUNG MAN AND A RAM
After Reza Abbasi, AH 1040/1630-1 AD or later
Pen and wash on buff paper with a young man seated on the ground gazing at a large ram wearing a turban, signed below Reza Abbasi and dated 1040, very light staining, mounted on card with blue and gold speckled margins, framed and glazed
Miniature 7 1/8in. x 3 3/8in. (18cm. x 8.5cm.)
Exhibited
Exhibition of Persian Art, London 1931
Fogg Art Museum loan
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Lot Essay

Rams such as the one depicted here were used to fight against bulls, lions or other rams in contests that were put on for popular entertainment in the maidans such as the maidan-i shah in Isfahan, where Reza lived. The turban suggests that this was a prized animal. This piece displays Reza's interest and ability in observing and capturing the scenes of everyday life in Isfahan.

For another study of a youth with a ram in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York (Canby, S.: The rebellious reformer, London, 1997, cat. 108., pp.142, 146).

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