A REVERSE GLASS PAINTING OF TROUTS
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Opaque pigments, pencil, enamels, and white wash on glass, the oval mirror decorated with a family of five trouts painted in the Persian technique known as naqqashi-ye posht-e shishe (نقاشی پشت شیشه), or reverse glass painting, mounted, glazed and framed, 20.5cm x 31cm including the frame.