Nadir Shah, Qajar Persia, mid-19th Century

oil on canvas, the Shah depicted within a roundel at a balcony holding a sword, identifying inscription in nasta'liq script in white, the roundel edged with stylised foliage, an inner border with stylised floral motifs in dull gold on a blue ground, outside this similar motifs on an orange ground, outer border decorated with naturalistic floral motifs
94.5 x 76 cm.

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