THE OLD MAN AND THE YOUTH, PERSIA QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY

THE OLD MAN AND THE YOUTH, PERSIA QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY

Grisaille pen and ink heightened with gold on paper.
Laid down on album leaf decorated a youth and an old man accompanied with a dog, ruled in gilt and polychrome borders. The margin decorated with gilt lotus and peony scrolls.
The subject of a youth paired with an older man, often a dervish or a poet, illustrated the relationship of the spiritual guide or 'pir' and his disciple, the 'murid'.
Painting 10.5 by 16 cm.
Miniature 23 by 31 cm.