19th century
Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm Recto: sheet: 19.7 x 31.5 cm
Watercolor on paper
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 centuryPersianGraphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto)
19th centuryPersianTop: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; Top verso: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; Bottom: green and brown inks over traces of graphite on off-white laid paper; ink and opaque watercolor on paper (recto)
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 and watercolor on paper
19th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianBlue-gray ink on off-white laid paper, pricked and verso pounced with red chalk (recto); Top: blue-green counterproof on off-white wove paper (verso); Middle: black coutnerproof on off-white wove paper (verso); Bottom: red-brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianTop: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; black ink script on verso; Middle: blue-black counterproof with touches of black ink on cream wove paper; Bottom: black ink and graphite on off-white laid paper; pricked and rubbed with graphite (?) (recto) Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianLeft: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal (recto)
19th centuryPersian