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SAFAVID STYLE, IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A SEATED YOUTH WITH WINE CUP
SAFAVID STYLE, IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Grisaille pen and ink heightened with gold on paper, laid down on Qajar album leaf with green paper applied border and pink leaf with gold animal and floral motifs, ruled black and gold lines, mounted, framed and glazed, collection label on reverse of frame
Painting: 4 ¼ x 2 ½ in. (10.8 x 6.4 cm.)
Folio: 10 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (27.6 x 17.5 cm.)
SAFAVID STYLE, IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Grisaille pen and ink heightened with gold on paper, laid down on Qajar album leaf with green paper applied border and pink leaf with gold animal and floral motifs, ruled black and gold lines, mounted, framed and glazed, collection label on reverse of frame
Painting: 4 ¼ x 2 ½ in. (10.8 x 6.4 cm.)
Folio: 10 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (27.6 x 17.5 cm.)
Provenance
Lucy Truman Aldrich, Providence, Rhode Island.
Acquired from the estate of the above September 1955.
Acquired from the estate of the above September 1955.
Literature
R. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Arts of Asia and Neighboring Cultures, New York, 1993, vol III, p. 289, no. 217.
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