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Design for a book cover(?),
gouache heightened with gold on paper, with central ogival medallion comprising an oval cartouche finely painted with floral sprays including roses and a pansy, on blue ground partly painted with gold arabesques, the pendants and spandrels comprising bands of green, pink and blue similarly painted with gold, the main ground densely covered with a gold and polychrome design of curving split leaves and flowerheads, backed on card, Qajar Persia, 19th century - 23 x 14.5cm.
gouache heightened with gold on paper, with central ogival medallion comprising an oval cartouche finely painted with floral sprays including roses and a pansy, on blue ground partly painted with gold arabesques, the pendants and spandrels comprising bands of green, pink and blue similarly painted with gold, the main ground densely covered with a gold and polychrome design of curving split leaves and flowerheads, backed on card, Qajar Persia, 19th century - 23 x 14.5cm.