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QAZWIN OR ISFAHAN, CIRCA 1600
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PORTRAIT OF A DERVISH
Qazwin or Isfahan, circa 1600
A leaf from an album, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the seated dervish wearing a blue cloak over his orange robes, mounted with buff coloured borders with finely drawn gold floral meander, the verso with a page from a manuscript of poetry within borders with gold simurghs, slight staining
Folio 13¾ x 9½in. (34.8 x 23.2cm.)
Qazwin or Isfahan, circa 1600
A leaf from an album, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the seated dervish wearing a blue cloak over his orange robes, mounted with buff coloured borders with finely drawn gold floral meander, the verso with a page from a manuscript of poetry within borders with gold simurghs, slight staining
Folio 13¾ x 9½in. (34.8 x 23.2cm.)
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's London, 24 April 1979, lot 180
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