Lot 99 QAJAR PAINTED BONE PLAQUE WITH A NOMADIC ENCAMPMENT, PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Finely painted in opaque watercolor on a polished bone plaque, depicting an animated pastoral encampment with mounted horsemen, shepherds tending flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, and figures gathered around a richly decorated tent set within a mountainous landscape. Executed in the characteristic Qajar miniature style with meticulous attention to costume, landscape, and narrative detail. Surrounded by an illuminated floral and arabesque border in cobalt blue, pink, green, and gilt, and housed in a finely inlaid Persian khatamkari frame of geometric mosaic decoration.
59 by 48 cm.