Hammam Scene

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Hammam Scene
Persia, Qajar, mid 19th century

watercolour on paper, depicting ladies of all ages taking their baths along with their children, stone floor, painted arcade behind, mounted, 13¼ x 8¼in. (33.6 x 20.9cm.), and THREE OTHER PERSIAN WATERCOLOURS, depicting a couple within a bedroom, circa 1770, (creased and rubbed), mounted, framed and glazed, 9¼ x 5 7/8in. (23.5 x 15cm.), a mother suckling a child with female attendant, circa 1850, (creased), mounted 3 7/8 x 2¾in.(9.9 x 7cm.), and a loving couple seated against a bolster, after Sani' al-Mulk, circa 1870, (slightly stained) mounted, 9 3/8 x 6½in. (23.8 x 16.5cm.) (4)

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