Folio 56 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Bird and floral design for a pen box (recto); Two sheets: Study of a rose; Study of an iris (verso)
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Folio 56 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Bird and floral design for a pen box (recto); Two sheets: Study of a rose; Study of an iris (verso)

1750-1850

Classification
Albums
Medium
Colored inks and graphite on off-white laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Top: Pink and green inks on beige wove paper (verso): Bottom: Green and brown inks on beige laid paper (verso)
Culture
Persian
Period
Qajar period
Century
18th-19th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm Recto: sheet: 26 x 4 cm Verso: sheet at top: 11 x 7.4 cm; sheet at bottom: 10.1 x 7.3 cm

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