A SAFAVID DRAWING WITH ILLUMINATED MOUNTS
PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache and gold on paper, depicting a lady kneeling and resting against a vivid blue bolster cushion with gold embroidery, holding a cup between two fingers and a metal bottle in the other hand, a bowl of oranges before her, in a landscape covered with flowers and bushes, within a border of cut and pasted panels containing empty gold cartouches on a cobalt blue ground with delicate floral detail, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
21.5cm x 14cm
Provenance
Formerly, the Estate of costume designer Anthony Powell (1935-2021).
Powell was an English costume designer for theater and film. Working with notable directors such as Steven Spielberg, Roman Polanski, and William Friedkin, Powell showed his versatility and wide-ranging design skills. His projects encompassed everything from period films to modern and contemporary. He won three Academy Awards for his costumes and was active in the entertainment world for over 40 years. Powell is doubtless best known for his work on films such as the Indiana Jones trilogy (1981, 1984 and 1989) and 101 Dalmatians (1996).