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QAJAR IRAN, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A FEMALE MUSICIAN
QAJAR IRAN, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Oil on canvas, a female courtesan dressed in rich floral fabrics tied with a long flowing belt and adorned with pearls and tassels plays a percussion instrument with two batons, an open window behind her, stretched and set in a later gilt wooden frame
51 5/8 x 36½in. (131 x 92.8cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Oil on canvas, a female courtesan dressed in rich floral fabrics tied with a long flowing belt and adorned with pearls and tassels plays a percussion instrument with two batons, an open window behind her, stretched and set in a later gilt wooden frame
51 5/8 x 36½in. (131 x 92.8cm.)
Provenance
Formerly Collection of Elein Gray,
Anon sale in these Rooms, 12 October 1978, lot 74
Anon sale in these Rooms, 12 October 1978, lot 74
Literature
B.W. Robinson, Qajar: La pittura di corte in Persia, Milan, 1982, p.177
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