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Portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah
Persia, circa 1850
Gouache on paper, the Shah stands wearing a blue frock coat with gold frogging over light blue trousers, and tall black hat with egret's feather, holding jewelled sword, on cream ground, signed Muhsin Munshi (light staining and water damage) mounted, framed and glazed
miniature 13 x 7½in (33 x 19cm.)
Persia, circa 1850
Gouache on paper, the Shah stands wearing a blue frock coat with gold frogging over light blue trousers, and tall black hat with egret's feather, holding jewelled sword, on cream ground, signed Muhsin Munshi (light staining and water damage) mounted, framed and glazed
miniature 13 x 7½in (33 x 19cm.)