A Qajar oil painting on leather, in Safavid style, depicting a courtyard with musicians and dancing girls, further figures behind and a simurgh above, in a rocky landscape, in a cusped arched panel with arabesque-filled spandrels, arabesque border, (occasional small patches of crackelure); and three others showing similar outdoor scenes, one on paper, Persia, 19/20th century, largest 34in. x 22¾in, all framed and glazed, two with contemporary painted frames. See Illustration for one. (4)

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A Qajar oil painting on leather, in Safavid style, depicting a courtyard with musicians and dancing girls, further figures behind and a simurgh above, in a rocky landscape, in a cusped arched panel with arabesque-filled spandrels, arabesque border, (occasional small patches of crackelure); and three others showing similar outdoor scenes, one on paper, Persia, 19/20th century, largest 34in. x 22¾in, all framed and glazed, two with contemporary painted frames. See Illustration for one. (4)

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