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Hunting Scene, Antique Persian Miniature Painting Gouache on Paper
Skippings Fine Arts
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Hunting Scene, Antique Persian Miniature Painting Gouache on Paper

1900 - 1920
Description

An antique Persian miniature painting depicting a hunting scene, painted in gouache/opaque pigments and gold and bearing annotations in Arabic. There is printed text on the verso of the sheet. Presented without a frame - sheet size 18 x 30 cm (margins of the sheet probably slightly trimmed. Acquired from an estate near Cholet near Nantes, France.

Physical Dimensions
Height
18cm (7.09")
Width
30cm (11.81")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Persian Miniature Hunting Painting to the 1910s.

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SA669466
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Description
An antique Persian miniature painting depicting a hunting scene, painted in gouache/opaque pigments and gold and bearing annotations in Arabic. There is printed text on the verso of the sheet. Presented without a frame - sheet size 18 x 30 cm (margins of the sheet probably slightly trimmed. Acquired from an estate near Cholet near Nantes, France.
Height
18cm (7.09")
Width
30cm (11.81")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this Persian Miniature Hunting Painting to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers
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SA669466
Skippings Fine Arts
Skippings Fine Arts
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Modern french & continental pictures selected by a former french auction house expert

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An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels.
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Archive I An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels.

Hunting Scene, Antique Persian Miniature Painting Gouache on Paper

Archive II An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels. View II
Archive III An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels. View III
Archive IV An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels. View IV
Archive V An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels. View V
Archive VI An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels. View VI
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An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels.
Hunting scene, Antique Persian miniature painting gouache on paper
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An antique Persian miniature painting in gouache depicting figures on horseback and foot hunting wildlife, bordered by calligraphic panels.
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A Persian miniature is a small-scale, highly detailed painting executed on paper, historically created to illustrate literary, poetic, or historical manuscripts within the Islamic world.

Traditional Persian miniatures were executed using opaque watercolour pigments known as gouache, often enhanced with gold leaf and fine ink on burnished handmade paper.

Authentic pieces display hand-painted pigments with microscopic variations, period-appropriate paper aging or foxing, traditional Nastaliq or Naskh calligraphy, and flat composition without atmospheric perspective.

These detailed manuscript pages work exceptionally well framed in a simple dark wood or gilded frame, displayed within a gallery wall, or hung in a study alongside classic leather furnishings.

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