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QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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AN ALBUM OF PORTRAITS OF PERSIAN KINGS
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, comprising 41 portraits of Royal figures from the pre-Islamic period mentioned in the Shahnama to the Qajar era, each figure in richly dressed contemporary costume, many of the portraits of pre-Islamic kings in imitation of carved stone images of the time, the figures all with captions written in nasta'liq script below figures, portraits mounted on card and bound, with contemporary carved wooden covers with khatamkar ivory mosaic borders, in very good condition
Miniatures 6 5/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.8 x 10.8cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, comprising 41 portraits of Royal figures from the pre-Islamic period mentioned in the Shahnama to the Qajar era, each figure in richly dressed contemporary costume, many of the portraits of pre-Islamic kings in imitation of carved stone images of the time, the figures all with captions written in nasta'liq script below figures, portraits mounted on card and bound, with contemporary carved wooden covers with khatamkar ivory mosaic borders, in very good condition
Miniatures 6 5/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.8 x 10.8cm.)
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