17TH C. PERSIAN MINIATURE
The Tree of Life and The Peacock Throne, early 1600s, given by the Royal Family to an American US Army Officer. Depicts activities of normal life under the tree, a tutor with student, men reaping grapes, birds, animals and other genre subjects, with an inscribed gold block lower left, in a modern gold frame, mounted over suede leather with plastic clips, OS: 15" x 11", SS: 8 7/8" x 4 7/8". Torqued in plane, minor losses.
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The Tree of Life and The Peacock Throne, early 1600s, given by the Royal Family to an American US Army Officer. Depicts activities of normal life under the tree, a tutor with student, men reaping grapes, birds, animals and other genre subjects, with an inscribed gold block lower left, in a modern gold frame, mounted over suede leather with plastic clips, OS: 15" x 11", SS: 8 7/8" x 4 7/8". Torqued in plane, minor losses.