Number 1889
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Kerman
Size 83 x 104
Age 1910
A very sweetly attractive antique Kerman depicting the last of the Qajar monarchs, the boy king Ahmad Shah. He stands by his throne as a dervish (Noor Ali Shah?) approaches.
The inscription above says:
وارث تاج نگين خسروان احمد شاه
"Ahmad Shah, the heir to the precious crown of the Khosrows" i.e. the ancient pre-Islamic Shahanshahs of Persia, thereby giving him a continuity that is over 2,500 years old.
Perfect condition.
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