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QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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TWO PORTRAITS OF SAFAVID YOUTHS
QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the lady wears an elegant long black tunic with intricate gold scrollwork, a pale green dress and gold tiara; the young man holds a blooming sprig, wearing an aubergine tunic held with a black belt with gold mounts each standing beneath an illuminated lobed arch, two rectangular calligraphic cartouches with black nasta'liq script, in gold and blue rules, laid down on card with gold floral cusped medallions, in marbled paper margins, mounted
Painting 3 3/8 x 6 1/8in. (8.6 x 15.8cm.); page 8 3/8 x 12 ¼in. (21.3 x 31.2cm.) each
QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the lady wears an elegant long black tunic with intricate gold scrollwork, a pale green dress and gold tiara; the young man holds a blooming sprig, wearing an aubergine tunic held with a black belt with gold mounts each standing beneath an illuminated lobed arch, two rectangular calligraphic cartouches with black nasta'liq script, in gold and blue rules, laid down on card with gold floral cusped medallions, in marbled paper margins, mounted
Painting 3 3/8 x 6 1/8in. (8.6 x 15.8cm.); page 8 3/8 x 12 ¼in. (21.3 x 31.2cm.) each