SHAH TAHMASP ENTERTAINING MUGHAL EMPEROR HUMAYUN WITH A BANQUET BY A MASTER QAJAR ARTIST
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
£15,120
Auction: 11 December 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
gouache and gold on paper, depicting a large gathering within a palace interior, drinking, eating and dancing, glazed and framed
Dimensions
21.6cm x 35.6cm
Footnote
This painting is after a famous Safavid mural in the Chechen Sotoun palace (Forty Columns) in Isfahan. Our painting is a very detailed version and the artist has freely interpreted the scene by including figures in the foreground who appear to be a little inebriated from the excesses of the festivities.