SAFAVID PERSIA, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
Details
An emaciated horse
Safavid Persia, third quarter 17th Century
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, with an emaciated horse nibbling at sparse foliage, a crow perched on its rump, erroneous attribution of Aqa Mirak below, mounted on card with fine Safavid elaborate gold and green borders showing fantastic creatures in combat, light staining
Folio 15 x 10¾in. (38 x 27.3cm.)
Safavid Persia, third quarter 17th Century
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, with an emaciated horse nibbling at sparse foliage, a crow perched on its rump, erroneous attribution of Aqa Mirak below, mounted on card with fine Safavid elaborate gold and green borders showing fantastic creatures in combat, light staining
Folio 15 x 10¾in. (38 x 27.3cm.)
Exhibited
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8.