* A REVERSE GLASS PAINTING OF A PRINCELY QAJAR YOUTH
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Opaque pigments, pencil, polychrome enamels, gold and white wash on glass, the vertical composition depicting a standing Qajar youth, possibly the Prophet Yusuf, against a lush garden background, elegantly dressed, wearing a tall astrakhan black-fur kaj-kolah, holding a gold-damascened dagger (khanjar) in one hand and a white flower in the other, two gazelles approaching him on the right hand-side, the portrait set within an ogival arch, at the top a typical Qajar moon-face maiden surrounded by a floral collar, the background decorated with stellar and geometric motifs in red, green, gold and white, a signature in black on the bottom left attributing the work to Abdullah Rahimi, framed, 66cm x 45.5cm including the frame.