TWO PORTRAITS OF QAJAR LADIES
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TWO PORTRAITS OF QAJAR LADIES

QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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TWO PORTRAITS OF QAJAR LADIES
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Oil on canvas, each representing a lady of the Qajar court richly attired, with elaborate headdress, her hands tattooed with henna, one with a green skirt with floral lattice, the other with a red skirt with floriated boteh motifs, each standing within an arched niche
Portrait of Lady in red skirt 46 x 24.5/6in. (117 x 62.4cm.) ; green skirt 62 x 32in. (157.5 x 81.1cm.)
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