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Qajar Iran in the Safavid taste, circa 1900

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SEATED YOUNG MAN Qajar Iran in the Safavid taste, circa 1900 Pigments and gold on paper, holding a wine cup, a gilded bottle beside him, framed by lines of Persian calligraphy in nasta'liq, in blue silhouetted margins, pigment craquelure. Size: 16 x 9.5 cm (painting); 28 x 20.7 cm (page)

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SEATED YOUNG MAN Qajar Iran in the Safavid taste, circa 1900 Pigments and gold on paper, holding a wine cup, a gilded bottle beside him, framed by lines of Persian calligraphy in nasta'liq, in blue silhouetted margins, pigment craquelure. Size: 16 x 9.5 cm (painting); 28 x 20.7 cm (page)

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