19th century
Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm Recto: sheet: 17.9 x 12 cm Verso: sheet at top: 6.0 x 4.0 cm; sheet at middle: 9.1 x 7.8 cm; sheet at bottom: 6.4 x 4.2 cm
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
18th-19th centuryPersianTop: black ink over graphite on beige wove paper; Middle: red ink over graphite on off-white wove paper; Bottom: black ink over black counterproof on off-white wove paper (recto); Brown and gray inks on off-white wove paper (verso)
19th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold 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 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 centuryPersianLeft: red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk; Middle: brown ink on off-white wove paper; Middle verso: brown ink and watercolor, Right: red and blue-black inks on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (recto)
19th centuryPersianWatercolor on paper
19th centuryPersianBlack counterproof with touches of black ink on off-white wove paper (recto); Red ink, watercolor and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (verso)
18th-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 centuryPersian