File:Two reverse glass paintings; a Persian maiden and an officer with a Persian maiden, Persia, Qajar, 19th century.jpg

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English: Two reverse glass paintings: a Persian maiden and an officer with a Persian maiden, Persia, Qajar, 19th century

Gouache on mirror and wood frame 39.5 by 35cm. 56.5 by 37cm.

Glass painted in reverse, the smaller, rectangular painting with an officer and maiden painted with gold ornamental details, in a wooden frame painted with polychrome floral borders, old collector's numbers written to reverse; the larger featuring a maiden holding a fruit in an oval frame with floral interstices, within a mirrored painted wooden frame
Date 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/arts-of-the-islamic-world-l16223/lot.200.html
Author Sotheby's

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