A portrait of a seated dervish
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A portrait of the young dervish Nur 'Ali Shah seated in a landscape
Persia/Iran, early 20th Century
oil on canvas, framed
72 x 57.5 cm.
Sold for £144 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Nur 'Ali Shah (d. 1797) was the leader of the Ni'matallahi order of dervishes, who had a large following in Kirman and Shiraz in the 18th Century. He was a popular subject from the second half of the 19th Century onwards in a variety of media.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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