A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER

Lot 77
27.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 10 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1031059
Lot 77 | A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
A CHAINED LION AND KEEPER

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.
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