Lot Essay
This sold at Sotheby's 7 April 1975 Kevorkian Sale, lot 47.
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SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
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A MUSICIAN WITH PAIR OF ANGELS
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Gouache on paper heightened with gold, the musician holding a lute flanked by a pair of angels beneath a gold archway, with later appliqué illuminated border from a sixteenth century manuscript, reverse with a large silvered ring, oxidized, 3ll. of clear black naskh and headings in larger naskh, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 10½ x 8in. (27 x 20cm.); miniature 5¾ x 4½in. (14.5 x 11cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Gouache on paper heightened with gold, the musician holding a lute flanked by a pair of angels beneath a gold archway, with later appliqué illuminated border from a sixteenth century manuscript, reverse with a large silvered ring, oxidized, 3ll. of clear black naskh and headings in larger naskh, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 10½ x 8in. (27 x 20cm.); miniature 5¾ x 4½in. (14.5 x 11cm.)
Provenance
Hagop Kevorkian Collection, sold at Sotheby's 7 April 1975 Kevorkian Sale, lot 47.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.