AN OTTOMAN SEATED GRAND VIZIER OR AN IMPORTANT PERSON BELONGING TO THE SULTANATE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

AN OTTOMAN SEATED GRAND VIZIER OR AN IMPORTANT PERSON BELONGING TO THE SULTANATE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002351

Gouache pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down on album page, depicting a seated important person, wearing a large white turban decorated in gold with animals, birds and large flower heads, dressed in an elegant gilt purple coat. At the top Arabic inscriptions of bismallah in muhaqqaq black script, written by Hasan Al-Selaniki. At the bottom a panel with gold and blue decoration. All ruled in gold and polychrome borders. 29 by 18 cm.