Arts of the Islamic World
Arts of the Islamic World
A FLOWER STUDY, ATTRIBUTED TO MUHAMMAD BAQIR ISFAHANI, PERSIA, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 23, 04:16 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A FLOWER STUDY, ATTRIBUTED TO MUHAMMAD BAQIR ISFAHANI, PERSIA, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY
watercolour on paper, laid down on stout paper, roses and butterflies against a plain ground, inscription to the margin attributing the painting to Muhammad Baqir Isfahani, ascribed as ‘it is a fine work by Aqa Muhammad Baqir Isfahani’
painting: 34.4 by 20.1cm.
leaf: 43.7 by 30cm.
Sold in these rooms, 11 October 2006, lot 48.
For a discussion on Muhammad Baqir, see Khalili, Robinson & Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, Part One, pp.75-6.