THE SERPENT BEARER CONSTELLATION (AL-HAWWA) SAFAVID IRAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
THE SERPENT BEARER CONSTELLATION (AL-HAWWA)
SAFAVID IRAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, faded annotations in black and red ink, the painting breaking through gold and black inner rules and within gold and black outer rules, set within gold-sprinkled margins, the verso plain, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 9 ½ x 5 ¾in. (24 x 14.5cm.); folio 10 ½ x 6 ¾in. (26.8 x 17.2cm.)
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New York by 1971
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THE SERPENT BEARER CONSTELLATION (AL-HAWWA)
SAFAVID IRAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, faded annotations in black and red ink, the painting breaking through gold and black inner rules and within gold and black outer rules, set within gold-sprinkled margins, the verso plain, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 9 ½ x 5 ¾in. (24 x 14.5cm.); folio 10 ½ x 6 ¾in. (26.8 x 17.2cm.)
Provenance
New York by 1971