A QAJAR PRINCE HOLDING A COMPASS
Iran, 20th century

Oil on canvas, the standing portrait depicting a Qajar prince clad in a long green robe and fur-lined termeh overcoat, holding a compass or pointer in his right hand, the left hand hidden in the pocket of his overcoat, set on a terrace of a typical Qajar interior, the subject and composition echoing mid-19th-century Qajar royal portraits painted by Sani al-Mulk and his later followers, the crude pictorial quality aligned with the 20th-century Iranian production of 'Coffee House Paintings', mounted, glazed and framed, 43.5cm x 39cm including the frame.

Provenance: Property from a private UK-based collector, bought on 26th June 1975 and in their collection since.