FATH 'ALI SHAH QAJAR AND HIS COURT
Iran, 20th century

Oil on canvas, the horizontal composition depicting the Qajar ruler, Fath 'Ali Shah, in full regalia, seated on a bejewelled floor spread in the middle of a courtly interior, flanked by his sons and advisors standing on his sides, the subject and composition echoing 19th-century Qajar oil paintings, the reduced scale and naive pictorial quality aligned with the 20th-century Iranian production of 'Coffee House Paintings', mounted and framed, 47.8cm x 83cm including the frame.