Young woman languishing under a tree, Iran qâjâr, Safavid st - Lot 144

Young woman languishing under a tree, Iran qâjâr, Safavid style, 19th century, falsely attributed to Reza Abbasi (kar reza abbassi ast) Gouache and gold on album page depicting a woman seated in a landscape, a tree in the background, scantily clad in a flowery white dress with prominent neckline, a mauve stole over her shoulders, in front of a few pieces of crockery on the floor. At bottom left, an inscription in black ink in nasta'liq calligraphy giving in Persian kar reza abbassi ast / "made by Reza e-Abbassi", thus falsely attributing the painting to the great official court painter of the Safavid sovereign Shah Abbas I. Mounted in a gold-illuminated floral margin extending all around and surrounded by several blue and gold frames. Miniature size: 15.5 x 8.9 cm; page size: 29.2 x 20.2 cm Marginal spotting and restoration, some polychrome bleed-through, page laminated to cardboard.