A MAIDEN AND A BEARDED SNAKE CHARMER IN ROCKY LANDSCAPE, QAJAR, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Ink on paper with the use of gold, inner borders decorated with animals and vegetation in colors and gold, outer border with illuminated panels cut out from earlier manuscripts. 14.2 by 8.5 cm.The inscriptions read: ‘His Holiness, Whad Juki, 112 (1)112 AH/1700 AD or 112(0) AH/ 1708 AD’, and on the top the name ‘Mansur’.
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Ink on paper with the use of gold, inner borders decorated with animals and vegetation in colors and gold, outer border with illuminated panels cut out from earlier manuscripts. 14.2 by 8.5 cm.The inscriptions read: ‘His Holiness, Whad Juki, 112 (1)112 AH/1700 AD or 112(0) AH/ 1708 AD’, and on the top the name ‘Mansur’.
