Man with a rose, Safavid Iran, 17th century - Lot 121

Man with a rose, Safavid Iran, 17th century Gouache, ink and gold on paper depicting a standing man wearing a mauve robe tied with a sash woven with gold and polychrome threads, with a fur-lined cloak decorated with flowers on a gold background draped over his shoulders. He is wearing a turban with aigrette matching his belt, into which a dagger is tucked, and is holding a dervish's cane in his right hand, while his left hand holds a rose whose perfume he is inhaling. Mounted on an album page with two gilded floral borders and a gouache-painted upper cartouche depicting Leila's visit to Majnun. All around, gold-painted floral margins punctuated by medallions and cut-out poly-lobed cartouches on a pastel background. Portrait size: 12.7 x 4 cm; page size: 21.9 x 14.4 cm Discoloration, overpainting, wormholes in the damaged margin.