The Lion and Sun Art from Qajar Persia New Bond Street, London | 30 April 2019 Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams International Board Registered No. 4326560 Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Matthew Girling CEO, Asaph Hyman, Caroline Oliphant, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Edward Wilkinson, Geoffrey Davies, James Knight, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Jon Baddeley, Jonathan Fairhurst, Leslie Wright, Rupert Banner, Simon Cottle. The Lion and the Sun Art from Qajar Persia New Bond Street, London | Tuesday 30 April 2019, from 11:30 am VIEWING Please note: REGISTRATION ILLUSTRATIONS Thursday 25 April Telephone bidding is available only IMPORTANT NOTICE Front cover: 62 12pm to 4.30pm on lots where the lower end Please note that all customers, Back cover: 63 Friday 26 April estimate is at £1000 or above. irrespective of any previous Inside front cover: 119 Inside back cover: 60 9am to 4.30pm activity with Bonhams, are Sunday 28 April ENQUIRIES Oliver White required to complete the Bidder 11am to 3pm Registration Form in advance of Monday 29 April (Head of Department) IMPORTANT INFORMATION the sale. 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Please note that Cadogan lots not collected by this time will Tate will be closed on Monday be returned to the department. 6 May 2019 for the May Bank Storage charges may apply. Holiday Please note that Alban Shipping will be closed on Monday 6 May 2019 for the May Bank Holiday Islamic and Indian, Middle Eastern and South Asian Art London Oliver White Head of Department, Islamic and Indian Art Matthew Thomas Specialist, Islamic and Indian Art Flavia Deakin Cataloguer, Islamic and Indian Art Nima Sagharchi Director, Middle Eastern, Islamic and South Asian Art Tahmina Ghaffar Specialist, Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art Noor Soussi Junior Specialist, Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Important notice to all buyers Condition Condition is not stated in the catalogue. The absence of such reference does not imply that the lot is in good condition or free from faults. Prospective buyers should satisfy themselves by inspection as to the condition of each lot. Condition reports can, however, be provided on request, but are for general guidance only and any such report is, of necessity, subjective. Please note that all lots marked with the symbol R (Persian/Iranian in origin) may be subject to restrictions on import into the USA. US based bidders are therefore strongly advised to consider their shipping arrangements before bidding on such lots. "Your king is, I see, only the first magistrate of the country... such a condition of power," said he, smiling, "has permanence, but it has no enjoyment… mine is enjoyment” - Fath ‘Ali Shah Qajar Extravagant, flamboyant and ostentatious, the art of the Qajar Dynasty has inevitably been understood through the personages of its seemingly decadent and self-indulgent rulers.