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LOT 1804
Framed Watercolour Painting with Male Figures Engaged in Conversation
PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (689 grams, 37 x 26.5 cm).
With extensive use of liquid gold; polychrome painted scene of three male figures within a building engaged in conversation; three passers-by outside with faces raised to another figure on the roof; panels of calligraphic nastaliq text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 1804
Framed Watercolour Painting with Male Figures Engaged in Conversation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Tudor Bronze Hook Fastener Group
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Group of hooked garment fasteners, mostly with openwork looped body. 31.4 grams total, 27-39 mm
Found near York, UK. -
Brass Candlestick with Calligraphy
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With panels of dense calligraphic script and geometric motifs, tiered ogival base and floral drip tray. 1.5 kg, 34.8 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman. -
Post Medieval Bone China Portrait of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Painted onto bone china in polychrome and gilt, showing the ruler facing, dressed in royal attire. 27 grams total, 64 mm high (82 x 82 mm including box)
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was the fourth Shah of Qajar, and the third longest reigning ruler in Iranian history. He was assassinated in Tehran on 1st May 1896. He is known for being the first modern Persian monarch to have formally visited Europe and to have written about his travels in his memoirs.
