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Portrait of a woman with a rose
Iran, Qajar art, circa 1860-…
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51
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Portrait of a woman with a rose
Iran, Qajar art, circa 1860-…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
Portrait of a woman with a rose
Iran, Qajar art, circa 1860-1880.
Painting in ink, wash and polychrome highlights on paper, depicting in grisaille the bust of a young Qajar woman, adorned with pearls and partially nude. The delicate modelling of the face and skin tone, treated in a range of shades of grey, is enhanced by touches of colour - roses on the cheeks, pigments in the bouquet - giving the composition a subtle liveliness.
The mounting features a large gold background, surrounded by a polychrome floral border and cut gold paper. The wide outer margins use the same technique of cut-out gilded paper with a vegetal decoration animated by birds on a pink background.
Painting 6 x 4.5 cm (2.4 x 1.8 in.); Folio 38 x 28.2 cm (15 x 11.1 in.)
Provenance :
Private collection, Paris, acquired at the Chiswick sale, London, 29 October 2021, lot 164.
A Qajar grisaille portrait of a young woman holding a rose. Ink, wash, mounted on a richly gilded marginswith cut gilt paper, Iran, c. 1860-1880.
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