EMBRACING LOVERS SCHOOL OF ABU'L-HASAN GHAFFARI, QAJAR IRAN, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Gouache on paper, two lovers lie on the floor in amorous embrace, the man wearing red and white floral robe and the woman in green jacket and dark shirt, other clothes strewn around them, behind them a series of windows with elaborate geometric frames, one window open and with three housemaids peering in, one brandishing a duster and another a stick, the interior with European-style chair and large white cushion, laid down on gold-speckled blue ground, trimmed, some old creases and one side unfinished Painting 8¾ x 13 3/8in. (22.3 x 34cm.); folio 12 x 14 7/8in. (30.5 x 37.8cm.) Provenance Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 23 October 2007, lot 192. Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 8 October 2015, lot 67.
EMBRACING LOVERS SCHOOL OF ABU'L-HASAN GHAFFARI, QAJAR IRAN, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Gouache on paper, two lovers lie on the floor in amorous embrace, the man wearing red and white floral robe and the woman in green jacket and dark shirt, other clothes strewn around them, behind them a series of windows with elaborate geometric frames, one window open and with three housemaids peering in, one brandishing a duster and another a stick, the interior with European-style chair and large white cushion, laid down on gold-speckled blue ground, trimmed, some old creases and one side unfinished Painting 8¾ x 13 3/8in. (22.3 x 34cm.); folio 12 x 14 7/8in. (30.5 x 37.8cm.) Provenance Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 23 October 2007, lot 192. Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 8 October 2015, lot 67.
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