A SAFAVID DRAWING DEPICTING A STANDING YOUTH SIGNED MOHAMMAD ZARIF...
A SAFAVID DRAWING DEPICTING A STANDING YOUTH SIGNED MOHAMMAD ZARIF
Safavid Iran, second half 17th century
Pencil drawing with red highlights on paper, depicting a youth in three-quarter view, dressed in Central Asian attire, with lavish jewellery, a headdress and platform shoes and holding a wine cup, inscribed in the lower left in Persian nastaʿliq script, Ragham ('drawn by') ʿAbd Mohammad Zarif, surrounded by a large illuminated border with gold highlights, decorated with birds and animals amid flowers, mounted on a modern support and framed and glazed.
Image 28.7cm x 17.cm; total including frame 38cm x 27.5cm
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A SAFAVID DRAWING DEPICTING A STANDING YOUTH SIGNED MOHAMMAD ZARIF
Safavid Iran, second half 17th century
Pencil drawing with red highlights on paper, depicting a youth in three-quarter view, dressed in Central Asian attire, with lavish jewellery, a headdress and platform shoes and holding a wine cup, inscribed in the lower left in Persian nastaʿliq script, Ragham ('drawn by') ʿAbd Mohammad Zarif, surrounded by a large illuminated border with gold highlights, decorated with birds and animals amid flowers, mounted on a modern support and framed and glazed.
Image 28.7cm x 17.cm; total including frame 38cm x 27.5cm
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