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PROVENANCE - Ader Auction, Important French collection - Ader - Lot#194

Cupbearer, Safavid Iran, Isfahan, mid-17th
centuryGold and
stain
on an album page depicting a cupbearer with a bottle and a cup, wearing a bright orange robe tied with a thick sash and covered with a green mantle. Above him are two cartouches illuminated in gold and polychrome and inscribed with verses in Turkish in black ink, in nasta'liq calligraphy. Miniature mounted in a margin with floral scrolls illuminated in gold on a lapis blue background.
Miniature size: 15.8 x 8.3 cm; page size: 27.5 x 17.3 cmBends
, light stains, residue of illuminated floral motifs on reverse
.


An elegant youth with a wine flask, Safavid Iran, Isfahan, mid-17th century