Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Auction Closed
March 30, 12:47 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
oil on canvas, framed
145 by 112cm.
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).