![A view of the ornamental gardens surrounding a palace pavilion, with a mountainous landscape beyond, signed by Ahmad, Qajar Persia, dated AH 1[2]21/AD 1806-07](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/68/640759--50848--a-view-of-the-ornamental-gardens-surrounding-a-palace-pavilion-with-a-mountainous-landscape-beyo.jpg "A view of the ornamental gardens surrounding a palace pavilion, with a mountainous landscape beyond, signed by Ahmad, Qajar Persia, dated AH 1[2]21/AD 1806-07")
A view of the ornamental gardens surrounding a palace pavilion, with a mountainous landscape beyond, signed by Ahmad, Qajar Persia, dated AH 1[2]21/AD 1806-07
watercolour on paper, inscribed in nasta'liq script at lower centre, laid down on an album page with gilt-decorated floral borders
painting 103 x 175 mm.; album page 202 x 290 mm.
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Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887-1968), Commander of the Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano).
The Property of a Noblewoman.
The inscription reads: raqam be safheh ze-farman-e shah-e giti zad gholam-zadeh-ye shahanshah-e jahan ahmad sanah 1221.
'By the order of the King of the World, signed on the page, Ahmad, born a slave to the World's King of Kings. The year 1221/1806-07' (one digit has been changed to read AH 1121/AD 1709-10).
Three painters with the name Ahmad, and signing in that name, are recorded by Karimzadeh Tabrizi, working under both Fath' Ali Shah and Nasir al-Din Shah, and none have reliable information. It seems therefore that the present artist was working in the reign of Fath' Ali Shah and perhaps of Muhammad Shah, and was perhaps a royal painter.
A view of a palace garden in a similar style, signed by a certain Ahmad, 'son of the slave of the King of the World', and dated AH 1222/AD 1807, was offered at Sotheby's, Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 26th April 1991, lot 177. It depicted (according to a note on the reverse) the Hasht Bihisht Palace in Isfahan. The note also stated that the artist was the Prince 'Izad al-Dawla Ahmad Mirza, known as Muchul Mirza.
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watercolour on paper, inscribed in nasta'liq script at lower centre, laid down on an album page with gilt-decorated floral borders
painting 103 x 175 mm.; album page 202 x 290 mm.
Provenance
Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887-1968), Commander of the Order of Pius IX (Ordine Piano).
The Property of a Noblewoman.
The inscription reads: raqam be safheh ze-farman-e shah-e giti zad gholam-zadeh-ye shahanshah-e jahan ahmad sanah 1221.
'By the order of the King of the World, signed on the page, Ahmad, born a slave to the World's King of Kings. The year 1221/1806-07' (one digit has been changed to read AH 1121/AD 1709-10).
Three painters with the name Ahmad, and signing in that name, are recorded by Karimzadeh Tabrizi, working under both Fath' Ali Shah and Nasir al-Din Shah, and none have reliable information. It seems therefore that the present artist was working in the reign of Fath' Ali Shah and perhaps of Muhammad Shah, and was perhaps a royal painter.
A view of a palace garden in a similar style, signed by a certain Ahmad, 'son of the slave of the King of the World', and dated AH 1222/AD 1807, was offered at Sotheby's, Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 26th April 1991, lot 177. It depicted (according to a note on the reverse) the Hasht Bihisht Palace in Isfahan. The note also stated that the artist was the Prince 'Izad al-Dawla Ahmad Mirza, known as Muchul Mirza.
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