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A hermit disturbed by a hunt
ink and watercolour on paper, a noble on horseback approaches the ascetic who sits quietly by a stream where a deer has come to drink, on the rocky ground behind, the noble's companions continue the hunt, signed in black by Reza, later border of finely painted gold trees and birds, mounted, (some discolouration and creasing) Safavid Persia, 17th century or later - 5¼ x 4in. (13.1 x 10cm.)
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ink and watercolour on paper, a noble on horseback approaches the ascetic who sits quietly by a stream where a deer has come to drink, on the rocky ground behind, the noble's companions continue the hunt, signed in black by Reza, later border of finely painted gold trees and birds, mounted, (some discolouration and creasing) Safavid Persia, 17th century or later - 5¼ x 4in. (13.1 x 10cm.)
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