Lot n° 71
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Papier-mâché dish, Iran qâjâr, late 19th - early 20th centur - Lot 71
Papier-mâché dish, Iran qâjâr, late 19th - early 20th century
Painted, gilded and lacquered papier-mâché dish depicting a man on horseback, his face nimbed, his army behind him, two holy men in conversation seated on the right under a tree animated with human, animal and demonic heads, a small man with a satchel at his feet. Gilded wood frame.
Plate: 26 x 41 cm; frame: 41 x 56.5 cm
Significant craquelure, minor accidents, varnished plate, frame damaged.
This mysterious and rare iconography depicts episodes from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. On the left, Iskandar comes to consult the talking tree, which reminds him of his mortal condition. On the right, the two holy men, each holding a fish, are said to be the Prophets Khidr and Elias, whom Iskandar met at the Fountain of Life. This iconography is known from a painted glass plate for a magic lantern in the British Museum in London (Sykes.543).
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