Lot Essay
Muhammad Isma'il was a painter of the Qajar period whose recorded works are dated between AH 1256/1840-41 AD and AH 1288/1871-72 AD. He received the title naqqash-bashi ('chief painter'), from Nasir al-Din Shah circa AH 1275/1858-59 AD. For more information on Muhammad Isma'il see Nasser D. Khalili, B.W.Robinson and Tim Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, Vol. II, London, 1997, p. 46 and M.A.Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives Art of Old Painters of Iran, Vol. I, London, 1985, pp. 66-76.
Another mirror case signed by Muhammad Isma'il and dated AD (12)71/1854-55 AD sold at Christie's South Kensington, 22 April 2013, lot 203.
Another mirror case signed by Muhammad Isma'il and dated AD (12)71/1854-55 AD sold at Christie's South Kensington, 22 April 2013, lot 203.