c. 1800-1850
26.5 x 16.8 cm (10 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianInk, colors, and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianInk, colors, and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianTop: brown ink on tan Eastern paper; Middle: brown ink and watercolor on off-white wove paper; Bottom: brown ink on tan Eastern paper; selectively pricked and pounced with black chalk
19th centuryPersianTop: brown ink over traces of graphite on beige wove paper, burnished; Middle: brown ink over traces of graphite on off-white paper; pricked; Bottom: brown ink on off white wove paper; Bottom verso: red and brown ink; Bottom verso: red and brown ink (recto) Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white laid (?) paper; pricked; Left: black ink with traces of black chalk on beige wove paper; rubbed with red chalk (verso)
19th centuryPersianBlack ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked (verso)
18th-19th centuryPersianBrown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked, edges and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Red and brown inks and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (verso)
19th centuryPersianWatercolor, black chalk, blue colored pencil with touches of graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto); Brown ink with touches of pink ink on off-white wove papers (verso); Note: drawings mounted overall with colored paper borders (verso)
19th centuryPersianDrawings; ink and opaque watercolor on paper
19th centuryPersianBlack counterproof on off-white laid paper (recto); Colored inks and watercolor over black chalk on three sheets of off-white wove paper, mounted together (verso)
18th-19th centuryPersianLeft: black counterproof, brown ink and watercolor on off-white laid paper, pricked; Top middle: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white wove paper; Bottom middle: graphite and watercolor on off-white wove paper; Right: brown ink on off-white laid paper, pricked and partially and selectively rubbed with red chalk (recto)
19th centuryPersian