Portrait of Haji Muhammad Hasan Khan Sadr al-'Azam

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Portrait of Haji Muhammad Hasan Khan Sadr al-'Azam
Qajar Persia, AH 1260/1844-5 AD

gouache on paper, the red-bearded figure, wearing a tall red and white turban, yellow floral-pattern coat over blue tunic and red and green shoes, stands looking to the right, leaning on a stick and holding scroll of paper in his left hand, inscribed in red with his name and the date 1240 (negligible spotting, creasing to corners)
miniature 8½ x 7in. (21.9 x 17.8cm.)

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Sadr al-'Azam was prime minister under Muhammad Shah.

For portraits similar to this and the following lot see, 26 April 1994, lot 96, sold in these Rooms.

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