A young man holding a rod with a shaped end (sceptre?) and a round object. Reverse glass painting by a Qajar artist, 182-.
- Date:
- [between 1820 and 1829]
- Reference:
- 5423i
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In the centre of the turban is a small cross which is the sign of ʻAlī ibn Abū Ṭālib, cousin and son-in-law of Mohammed. On either side, verses are inscribed
Publication/Creation
[between 1820 and 1829]
Physical description
1 painting : gouache, on glass ; glass 27.3 x 21 cm
Lettering
Bi-nāzam bi-bazm-i muḥabbat kih ānjā / Kera īn shamā'il mugābil kunand
References note
Layla Diba, Royal Persian paintings: the Qajar epoch, 1785-1925, New York 1999, pp. 212-213 (for similar works)
Stephen Vernoit, Occidentalism: Islamic art in the 19th century, New York: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University, 1997 (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, v. 23), no. 144 (similar work)
Similar works at auction: Christie's sale, Art islamique, Paris, 6 June 2007, lot 131; Bloomsbury auctions, London, 13 October 2011, lot 88
Reference
Wellcome Collection 5423i
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