A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER
A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER
A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER
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A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER

AFTER AND ATTRIBUTED TO MU'IN MUSSAVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, DATED AH 1038/1629-30 AD

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A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER
AFTER AND ATTRIBUTED TO MU'IN MUSSAVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, DATED AH 1038⁄1629-30 AD
Opaque pigments and ink wash on paper, long inscription along lower edge, set within black borders decorated with gold scrolling flowers, gold and polychrome rules, wide brown washed margins, the verso plain, framed
Painting 4 x 7in. (10 x 17.5cm.);10 x 14 1⁄8in. (25.5 x 35.8cm.)
来源
Captain Alan Yearsly
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 28 November 1949, lot 75
Hagop Kevorkian Fund, Sotheby's London, 12 April 1976, lot 29
Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 October 1984, lot 129.

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Sara Plumbly
Sara Plumbly Director, Head of Department

拍品专文

INSCRIPTIONS:
ruz-e chaharshanbe haftom-e ramazan mubarak sane 1038 be etmam resid, mashq-e muhammad mu'in musavvir 'Completed on Wednesday 7th Holy month of Ramadan in the year AH 1038 (30 April 1629), work of Muhammad Mu'in Musavvir'

Although this painting is inscribed to Mu’in Musavvir (circa 1630s-1697) it is most likely to be the hand of a pupil or close follower of the artist. One clue is the use of 'mashq' in the signature as well as 'Muhammad', which are both unusual to find on the artist's known works. Just like his own master Reza ‘Abbasi, Mu’in’s success and prominence resulted in his work being extensively copied and imitated by those following him. From the time of Bihzad in the late 15th and early 16th century the master-pupil relationship was central to the continuation and development of Persian painting. In an environment of little non-royal patronage the pathways to securing an appointment as a court artist were limited to those with carefully fostered family ties to court or through being the student of a well-respected master artist. The present painting relates closely to a painting of a lion and a youth painted by Afzal al-Husayni, a contemporary of Mu’in and also a follower of Reza ‘Abbasi, in the Khanenko Museum, Kyiv (454 GRV). A study of a resting lion by Mu’in Musavvir dated 14 Shawwal 1082 (13 February 1672) is in the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (AKM111).

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