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A view of the ornamental gardens surrounding a palace pavilion Qajar Persia, early 19th Century
watercolour on paper laid down on an album page with gilt-decorated floral borders painting 103 x 170 mm.; album page 293 x 194 mm.
Footnotes
A view of a palace garden in a similar style, signed by a certain Ahmad, 'son of the slave of the King of the World', and dated AH 1222/AD 1807, was offered at Sotheby's, Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 26th April 1991, lot 177. It depicted (according to a note on the reverse) the Hasht Bihisht Palace in Isfahan. The note also stated that the artist was the Prince 'Izad al-Dawla Ahmad Mirza, known as Muchul Mirza. The painting depicted a very similar low pavilion with three sections, and in addition the same square or rectangular plots, the four-mouthed cascade at the lower centre, and the same tall, slender trees. See also the sale in these rooms (Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 23rd October 2017, lot 68, for another view of palace gardens, dated AH 1221/AD 1806-07.
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