ID 1031059
Lot 77 | A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
AFTER AND ATTRIBUTED TO MU'IN MUSSAVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, DATED AH 1038/1629-30 AD
Opaque pigments and ink wash on paper, long inscription along lower edge, set within black borders decorated with gold scrolling flowers, gold and polychrome rules, wide brown washed margins, the verso plain, framed
Painting 4 x 7in. (10 x 17.5cm.);10 x 14 1/8in. (25.5 x 35.8cm.)
Provenance
Captain Alan Yearsly
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 28 November 1949, lot 75
Hagop Kevorkian Fund, Sotheby's London, 12 April 1976, lot 29
Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 October 1984, lot 129.
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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