Lot 52
An indoor scene with a bearded elderly man standing beside a fountain surrounded by youths wearing elaborate costumes and holding a tray of fruits and a cup of wine, signed by Mirza Muhammad Husain Mussavar Persia, Isfahan, first half of the 20th Century
10 April 2008, 14:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,040 inc. premium
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Persia, Isfahan, first half of the 20th Century
Persia, Isfahan, first half of the 20th Century
ink drawing with use of colour and gold on paper, some dampstaining, outer borders richly decorated with intertwining floral motifs and arabesques in silver and gold, a panel containing a couplet of Persian poetry written in nasta'liq script above door, framed
390 x 286 mm.
390 x 286 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance:
H. A. Whishaw.