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342 - A Safavid manuscript illustration with a courtly audience, late 18th-19th century, Iran, the composition arranged in three registers, the upper section depicting figures within an arched niche, enclosure or balcony, above further figures shown seated on a pale blue ground with floral sprays, the lower section with two servants offering pomegranates on a tray and carrying an ewer, amid scrolling floral motifs and arabesques, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold (image 16.5 x 9cm; framed and glazed) Provenance: Property of a Yorkshire gentleman collector, acquired from London dealers in the 1950s, the majority from dealer and collector Herbert Rieser of 49 George Street, Marylebone. Condition Report: Approx. 4.5cm tear lower left. Slight fading to pigments and paper slightly waved. Creases present - arm middle left. The back foxed. For further images, please request a condition report.
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£1,000 - 2,000 (€1,100 - 2,400)Sale fees
A Safavid manuscript illustration with a courtly audience, late 18th-19th century, Iran, the composition arranged in three registers, the upper section depicting figures within an arched niche, enclosure or balcony, above further figures shown seated on a pale blue ground with floral sprays, the lower section with two servants offering pomegranates on a tray and carrying an ewer, amid scrolling floral motifs and arabesques, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold (image 16.5 x 9cm; framed and glazed) Provenance: Property of a Yorkshire gentleman collector, acquired from London dealers in the 1950s, the majority from dealer and collector Herbert Rieser of 49 George Street, Marylebone. Condition Report: Approx. 4.5cm tear lower left. Slight fading to pigments and paper slightly waved. Creases present - arm middle left. The back foxed. For further images, please request a condition report.
Auction details
Asian and Islamic Art - Day OneAuction house
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