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ca. 1630 - ca. 1635 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, on album page, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, girl holding a wine vessel and a pear. She wears long blue, gold-embroidered robes, and a yellow headscarf.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, Large Clive Album, girl holding wine vessel and pear, by Riza 'Abbasi, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Isfahan, ca. 1630-1635
Physical description
Painting, on album page, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, girl holding a wine vessel and a pear. She wears long blue, gold-embroidered robes, and a yellow headscarf.
Dimensions
  • Folio length: 49cm
  • Folio width: 34cm
Content description
A girl holding a wine vessel and a pear. She wears long blue, gold-embroidered robes, and a yellow headscarf.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(signed)
Translation
'drawing of the abject Reza-i Abbasi'
Transliteration
'raqm-i kamina reza-i 'Abbasi'
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the V&A, 1964
Object history
This album of 104 folios known as the Clive Album was formerly the property of the Earl of Powis, Powis Castle. (RP 1959/1747)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
John Curtis, Ina Sarikhani Sandmann and Tim Stanley, Epic Iran: 5000 Years of Culture, London: V&A Publishing, 2021, p.216, cat. no. 163.
Collection
Accession number
IS.133:47/B-1964

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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