Lot 99
  • 99

A Monochrome Portrait of Nasr Al-Din Shah Qajar (r.1848-96), signed by Muhammad Hasan Afshar, Persia, Qajar, 19th century

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ink on Paper
Ink heightened with gold on paper, depicting Nasr Al-Din Shah in military uniform wearing a tall hat with large-plumed ornament, the brooch on his breast appears to be incomplete, inscriptions above and below written in Naskhi script in black ink within cloudbands against a gold ground, inner border of gold scrolls, laid down on a blue album page with margins decorated with leafy scrolling vegetation in gold

Condition

In very good overall condition, the album page has bee trimmed at the top, otherwise good, as viewed.
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