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BY IMAMI, TEHRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A QAJAR CUT AND PAINTED LEATHER PICTORIAL PANEL
BY IMAMI, TEHRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
In the Safavid style depicting a polo match before a palace with various inhabitants, a landscape with animals visible beyond, all made from differently coloured leather panels worked in the same way as marquetry, a small inscription band above and below, in a narrow arabesque border, signed below Imami, in a brown leather surround with inset stamped and cut leather cartouches containing floral and arabesque designs alternating with figural panels, the upper and lower panels depicting animal combat groups, in a blue painted wooden frame with painted floral designs in each corner, minimal damages
34 x 22¼in. (86.3 x 57.7cm.)
BY IMAMI, TEHRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
In the Safavid style depicting a polo match before a palace with various inhabitants, a landscape with animals visible beyond, all made from differently coloured leather panels worked in the same way as marquetry, a small inscription band above and below, in a narrow arabesque border, signed below Imami, in a brown leather surround with inset stamped and cut leather cartouches containing floral and arabesque designs alternating with figural panels, the upper and lower panels depicting animal combat groups, in a blue painted wooden frame with painted floral designs in each corner, minimal damages
34 x 22¼in. (86.3 x 57.7cm.)
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