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    12 October 1999

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    • Europeans in Iran
    Lot 71

    Europeans in Iran

    QAJAR IRAN, AH 1272/1855-6 AD

    Price realised

    GBP 4,025

    Estimate

    GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

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    Europeans in Iran
    Qajar Iran, AH 1272/1855-6 AD
    Gouache on paper, with a scene of a European gentleman in the foreground entertained by a musician and a lady offering him wine, another European seated in the foreground, other Iranian figures, signed above Ahmad Yazdi and dated 1272, spotting, flaking and minor restorations
    17 x 27in. (43.5 x 69.7cm.)

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    Lot Essay

    The subject of this curious painting has yet to be identified. The buildings and the large number of Europeans suggest that the painter must have spent a certain amount of time outside of Iran. It is possible that he was working in the North-West of Iran or even outside the borders where contacts with the West were more accesible.
    Another watercolour by the artist is recorded in Karimzadeh (vol. I, p.56) and is dated 1260/1844. According to the author, this painting also features Europeans among a gathering of kings, princes and nobles. Both paintings also feature a monkey!

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