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QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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THREE PEN AND INK DRAWINGS
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
An enthroned couple, pen and ink on paper, within gold and polychrome rules and gold-flecked green margins, the verso plain, flyleaf; Khusraw discovers Shirin bathing, pencil and wash heightened with gold on paper, laid down between pink and blue borders, the verso plain, flyleaf; a grisaille drawing of a simurgh and a dragon, pen and wash on paper, two inscriptions on the right side, later ascription to Mirza Baba and dated 1203, mounted between brown and red borders and gold-flecked margins the verso plain, mounted
The largest 6 1⁄8 x 3 ¾in. (15.5 x 9.5cm.); folio 10 3⁄8 x 6 ½in. (26.5 x 16.5cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
An enthroned couple, pen and ink on paper, within gold and polychrome rules and gold-flecked green margins, the verso plain, flyleaf; Khusraw discovers Shirin bathing, pencil and wash heightened with gold on paper, laid down between pink and blue borders, the verso plain, flyleaf; a grisaille drawing of a simurgh and a dragon, pen and wash on paper, two inscriptions on the right side, later ascription to Mirza Baba and dated 1203, mounted between brown and red borders and gold-flecked margins the verso plain, mounted
The largest 6 1⁄8 x 3 ¾in. (15.5 x 9.5cm.); folio 10 3⁄8 x 6 ½in. (26.5 x 16.5cm.)
Provenance
First two paintings, Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 17 October 1996, lot 163 and 168
Brought to you by
Sara Plumbly
Director, Head of Department