A dying man, watercolour on paper, a group of grey-bearded men gather round a black bearded man who lies hatless and pale-faced on the ground, some women watch from behind, mounted on brown card - 4¾ x 5¾in. (12 x 14.5cm.); portrait of a man praying, wearing tall hat and grey robes, the bearded man stands praying before his prayer mat - 6¾ x 5in. (17.3 x 12.8cm.); and two playing cards, the glitter lacquer ground of each painted with an erotic scene within foliate spandrels - 2½ x 1¾in. (6.4 x 4.5cm.), all Qajar Persia, 19th century (4)

A dying man, watercolour on paper, a group of grey-bearded men gather round a black bearded man who lies hatless and pale-faced on the ground, some women watch from behind, mounted on brown card - 4¾ x 5¾in. (12 x 14.5cm.); portrait of a man praying, wearing tall hat and grey robes, the bearded man stands praying before his prayer mat - 6¾ x 5in. (17.3 x 12.8cm.); and two playing cards, the glitter lacquer ground of each painted with an erotic scene within foliate spandrels - 2½ x 1¾in. (6.4 x 4.5cm.), all Qajar Persia, 19th century (4)

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A dying man, watercolour on paper, a group of grey-bearded men gather round a black bearded man who lies hatless and pale-faced on the ground, some women watch from behind, mounted on brown card - 4¾ x 5¾in. (12 x 14.5cm.); portrait of a man praying, wearing tall hat and grey robes, the bearded man stands praying before his prayer mat - 6¾ x 5in. (17.3 x 12.8cm.); and two playing cards, the glitter lacquer ground of each painted with an erotic scene within foliate spandrels - 2½ x 1¾in. (6.4 x 4.5cm.), all Qajar Persia, 19th century (4)

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