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

Opaque pigments, pencil, polychrome enamels, and white wash on glass, the oval-cut glass decorated with a lush bouquet of irises and roses, a pair of birds perched underneath it, painted in the Persian technique known as naqqashi-ye posht-e shishe (نقاشی پشت شیشه), or reverse glass painting, mounted, glazed and framed, 33cm x 28cm including the frame.