Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets

Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 71. Two court musicians playing the qamanchay and clapping, Persia, Qajar, mid-19th century.

Two court musicians playing the qamanchay and clapping, Persia, Qajar, mid-19th century

Auction Closed

March 30, 12:47 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

oil on canvas, framed


145 by 112cm.

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Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 20 November 1975, lot 307.
Eskandar Aryeh (1935-88), New York.
Sotheby's London, 23 April 1997, lot 163.

The figures are identified as ‘Qalam Kar Khanum’, and 'Naz-e Raqqas' (Naz, the dancer).


This painting and that of the following lot appear to be executed by the same artist, associated with the school of Abu'l-Hasan Ghaffari (Sani al-Mulk), chief painter to Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar (r.1848-96), during the first half of his reign. It is likely the two paintings joined others in a private home, illustrating the activities which occurred there. When these paintings appeared at Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, in 1975, there was one other in the group, of a lady seated against cushions, playing the tar (20 November 1975, lot 305).