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Country of Origin: Isfahan
Persia
JBOC Comments:
Auction Catalogue Description:
ANTIQUITIES
SALE N07912 LOT 247
SESSION 2 | 12 Jun 03 2:00 PM.
New York
A PERSIAN WATERCOLOR OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, ZAND
OR QAJAR, SIGNED BY MIRZA REZA IBN MOHAMMAD ALI
ASHTIANI, 1792 OR 1802,
3,000—4,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:
5,700 USD
MEASUREMENTS
6 1/2 by 9in. (16.5 by 22.9cm)
DESCRIPTION
the First Consul on horseback wearing riding
boots, white pants and waistcoat, black coat,
green gloves, and bicorn hat with cocarde, a blue
silk sash across his chest, the saddlecoth
gold-embroidered with imperial eagles and
monograms, French cavalry and artillery and
British infantry in the background, a body of
water with sailing ships and steamboat in the
distance against a mountain range and erupting
volcano, a Persian inscription above.
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