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English: A PORTRAIT OF SHAH ABBAS II

SIGNED YA SAHIB AL-ZAMAN, QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the subject dressed in pink robes and a gold turban, kneeling on a jewelled rug, a petitioner kneeling before him, inscribed 'ya sahib al-zaman' in black nasta'liq to upper left, within narrow gold and polychrome borders, the wide buff margins with red and gold rules, the reverse plain, mounted, framed, glazed Painting 5 ¾ x 3 1/8in. (14.5 x 7.8cm.); folio 11 ¾ x 7 ¾in. (29.9 x 19.8cm.)

The present painting is the work of Muhammad Zaman III (active 1758-95), a painter who worked both for Lutf 'Ali Khan Zand and subsequently for the Qajars. He used both Aqa Zaman and Ya Sahib al-Zaman, as seen here, as his signatures. The majority of his surviving output is in lacquer but he also worked in oils and watercolours, and was a very sensitive portraitist (Diba, 1998, no.44, pp.190-1). See Christie's London, 23 April 2015, lots 83 and 89 for examples of a Qajar oil painting and Qajar lacquered penbox (qalamdan) signed by the artist.