Arts of the Islamic World

Arts of the Islamic World

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A FORLORN MENDICANT, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

October 23, 04:16 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

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A FORLORN MENDICANT, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY


brush and watercolor on paper, a later inscription attributing the work to Reza ‘Abbasi on the right-hand side


painting: 17.5 by 9.8cm.

leaf: 37.6 by 23.9cm.

The later inscription reads: 'This was designed in Qazvin and was coloured 30 years later in Isafahan on Wednesday 8th (?) of the month of Shawwal ... fortune, year [10]41. Drawing of the humble Reza 'Abbasi'.