Woman with tambourine, drawing attributed to Mo'in Mosavver, Safavid Iran, 17th century, dated 1691 Drawing on paper in ink heightened with gouache depicting a three-quarter-length woman in bust form, her head covered with a veil topped with an aigrette headdress, from which long strands of hair escape. She is adorned with three strands of pearl necklaces and plays a tambourine. In the background are the moldings of a window and an archway. In the tambourine, Persian inscription nast'aliq giving the date of Rabi' II 1103 H / December 1691. Mounted later, probably in the late 19th century, as an album page with fine floral borders, oblique cartouches inscribed with Persian verse in nasta'liq ink on either side of the design, and a wide beige margin with gold-painted decoration of flowers and branches animated with birds. On the back, a 14-line poetic text in Persian nasta'liq in black ink on a gold-powdered background, divided into two columns of verses from the Tuhfat al-Ahrar of Jami''s Haft Awrang (1414-1492). Around this, a fine border of gilded floral decoration on an orange background, surrounded by several colored lines and a gilded band. The whole is surrounded by a painted margin of gilded vegetal scrolls pigmented with green and pastel pink, with cartouches and illuminated fleurons on a beige or blue background glued on top. Page size: 27.8 x 17.8 cm; drawing size: 8 x 6.3 cm; calligraphy size: 13 x 6 cm Small stains, slight accidents, minor restorations, wear, traces of tearing and adhesive on reverse. Provenance : Sale Maîtres Laurin-Guilloux-Buffetaud, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 21, 2000, lot 118. A Safavid Portrait of a Lady with a Tambourine, attributed to Mo'in Mosavver, Iran, 17th century, dated.