Lot 95
  • 95

A portrait of Agha Muhammad Khan, Persia, Qajar, dated 1210 AH/1795 AD

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • gouache on paper 
gouache heightened with gold on paper, inscribed at the upper left, laid down on an album page, framed

Literature

Abbas Amanat, The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896, University of California Press, 1997, pp.167-8.

Condition

In good condition, minor losses to the paint affecting mainly the lower border of the prince's dress, associated cream paper on the side, minor stains, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

inscriptions

‘al-Sultan Aqa Muhammad Khan Qajar 1210 (1795-6 AD)’

Agha Muhammad Khan was the founder of Qajar dynasty.