*FOUR WATERCOLOURS OF QAJAR MAIDENS

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Iran, 19th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, comprising four vertical compositions depicting Qajar maidens, one wearing a dark blue chador and shyly looking away whilst showing mischievously her leg wrapped in bright pink pantaloons, another one wearing a pointy Sufi hat and holding a kashkul and a stick in the calligraphic shape of the name 'Ali, the last two elegantly dressed wearing an encrusted aigrette, heavy bejewelled necklaces and colourfully embroidered termeh jackets, each mounted on white cardboard frames, 30.5cm x 22.2cm; 28.7cm x 22.2cm; 30.6cm x 26.5cm; and 31.2cm x 27.3cm including the borders.