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Lot 19R

A Tartar warrior, holding a musical instrument, a spear and a bottle
Persia, 18th-19th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,664 inc. premium

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A Tartar warrior, holding a musical instrument, a spear and a bottle
Persia, 18th-19th Century

pen and ink with use of gold on paper, laid down within the illuminated borders of a large album page, 19th Century, above the drawing a rectangular panel containing a bird perched amidst flowering branches, inner border with stylised floral motifs in gold on a brown ground, wide outer borders with naturalistic flowers and birds in gold on a light pink ground
drawing 207 x 115 mm.; album page 455 x 295 mm.

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Provenance
Private collection, London.

For the same figure (this time facing left), see Sotheby's, Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 20th November 1986, lot 187 (illustrated, dated probably to the 18th Century).

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