*AN ALBUM PAGE WITH GOLDEN FLORAL DECORATION
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Iran, 18th - 19th century

Gold and opaque pigments on paper, the horizontal composition a virtuoso album page of golden ink floral decoration, in the centre three lobed cartouches filled with rosette bouquets amidst foliage and further floral sprays, encased within peachy pink and turquoise frames with floral tendrils, the outer border with golden rosette and lotus flower sprays reminiscent of the underside of Qajar lacquered qalamdans, pasted on bright red cardboard and framed within a white cardboard mount, 22.9cm x 15cm excluding the mount.