A PORTRAIT OF SHAH ABBAS II, SIGNED YA SAHIB AL-ZAMAN, QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

A PORTRAIT OF SHAH ABBAS II
SIGNED YA SAHIB AL-ZAMAN, QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the subject dressed in pink robes and a gold turban, kneeling on a jewelled rug, a petitioner kneeling before him, inscribed 'ya sahib al-zaman' in black nasta'liq to upper left, within narrow gold and polychrome borders, the wide buff margins with red and gold rules, the reverse plain, mounted, framed, glazed
Painting 5 ¾ x 3 1/8in. (14.5 x 7.8cm.); folio 11 ¾ x 7 ¾in. (29.9 x 19.8cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale in these Rooms, 11 October 1979, lot 64