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SIGNED MAHDI AL-IMAMI, IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PORTRAIT OF A PERSIAN YOUTH
SIGNED MAHDI AL-IMAMI, IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, in the Safavid revival style, the subject kneeling in a garden, reading a manuscript, wearing an intricate white turban and light blue tunic over a yellow shirt, a tray with bottles and vases to his side, a companion leaning against a tree, on floral ground with animal motifs, within light blue margins with swaying foliate patterns interspersed with split-palmettes, the borders with figures at relaxing in garden settings, signed Mahdi al-Imami and post-dated AH 1025 below, framed and glazed
17 ½ x 11 ½in. (44.5 x 29.2cm.)
SIGNED MAHDI AL-IMAMI, IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, in the Safavid revival style, the subject kneeling in a garden, reading a manuscript, wearing an intricate white turban and light blue tunic over a yellow shirt, a tray with bottles and vases to his side, a companion leaning against a tree, on floral ground with animal motifs, within light blue margins with swaying foliate patterns interspersed with split-palmettes, the borders with figures at relaxing in garden settings, signed Mahdi al-Imami and post-dated AH 1025 below, framed and glazed
17 ½ x 11 ½in. (44.5 x 29.2cm.)
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