QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1830 AD

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SHEIKH SAN'AN AND THE CHRISTIAN MAIDEN
Qajar Iran, circa 1830 AD
Oil on canvas, the elderly sheikh standing behind a group of ladies in European dress with two children standing in front of them, small areas of restoration, mounted on a stretcher
73 x 28¾in. (186 x 73cm.)

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Lot Essay

For an interesting discussion on the iconography of the Sheikh San'an paintings of the Qajar period and the significance of the bare-breasted European woman that invariably appears in them see the article by Afsaneh Najmabadi in Diba, L.: Royal Persian Paintings, The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925, New York, 1998, pp. 83-5.

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