19th century
Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm Recto: sheet: 15.6 x 11 cm Verso: sheet: 10.5 x 7.2 cm; to edge of yellow and red borders 10.5 x 13.1 cm
Top: watercolor on blue Eastern paper, burnished (recto); Brown ink over traces of graphite on off-white wove paper (verso); Bottom: watercolor and graphite on wove paper (recto); Black counterproof on off-white wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianGraphite on beige wove paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Black counterproof and traces of rubbed red chalk on blue wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianBlack counterproof on off-white modern laid paper, with gold and ink margin lines, pricked and selectively pounced with red chalk (recto); Red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (verso)
19th centuryPersianInk, colors, and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianGreen and red inks and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top: red ink with touches of brown ink and graphite on off-white laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with charcoal; Middle: graphite on blue wove paper; Bottom: black ink and black wash over graphite on off-white laid paper, pricked (verso)
19th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianGraphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto)
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 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 centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
18th-19th centuryPersianDrawings; ink and opaque watercolor on paper
19th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersian