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BY HUSAYN TAHER BEHZAD, QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A HOURI; AND A MAIDEN IN LANDSCAPE
BY HUSAYN TAHER BEHZAD, QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each gouache heightened with gold on paper, in one a houri strums upon a harp, suspended in the heavens within an oval composition; in the other, maiden sits upon a cushion within a landscape, both signed, framed and glazed, slight flaking and paint on the frame of the first degraded
24 x 18½in. (62 x 46.5cm.) and 27 x 19½in. (68 x 49.5cm.) (2)
BY HUSAYN TAHER BEHZAD, QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each gouache heightened with gold on paper, in one a houri strums upon a harp, suspended in the heavens within an oval composition; in the other, maiden sits upon a cushion within a landscape, both signed, framed and glazed, slight flaking and paint on the frame of the first degraded
24 x 18½in. (62 x 46.5cm.) and 27 x 19½in. (68 x 49.5cm.) (2)
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