The young Nasr al-Din Shah

細節

The young Nasr al-Din Shah
by Abu'l-Hasan Mustaufi Ghaffari Kashani
Qajar Persia, AH 1262/1845-6 AD

gouache on paper, the Shah stands wearing blue trousers, red tunic, fur lined boteh-pattern coat, green gloves and tall black hat with a jewelled plume, graduated pale blue ground, inscribed in red above and below, signed by Ghaffari and dated 1262, (some creasing, flaking and rubbing), mounted, framed and glazed
portrait 13½ x 8¼in. (34.2 x 21cm.)

拍品專文

The upper inscription reads: taswir mubarak nawab-i ashraf wali-'ahd... - portrait of the great lord the crown prince. The lower inscription reads: charkir durka shah-i shah (the servant of the imperial court) Abu'l-Hasan Ghaffari Kashani, 1262

Karimzadeh Tabrizi, M.A.: The Lives and Art of Old Painters of Iran, London 1985, vol.1, p.34