File:A pair of fine Qajar lacquer book covers depicting a wedding of Nasir al-Din Shah, signed Mirza Muhammad Taqi Muzahhib Isfahani, Tehran, Iran, dated 1846-47.jpg

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English: A PAIR OF FINE QAJAR LACQUER BOOK COVERS DEPICTING A WEDDING OF NASIR AL-DIN SHAH

SIGNED MIRZA MUHAMMAD TAQI MUZAHHIB ISFAHANI, TEHRAN, IRAN, DATED AH 1263/1846-47 AD

Of rectangular form, with the name and titles of Nasir al-Din Shah in the borders, each of the boards now split and the reverse of each with erotic scenes and couples in amorous embraces within medallions, each pair in frame with old French label Each board 17 3/8 x 12¾in. (44 x 32.2cm.)

Mirza Muhammad Taqi Muzahhib Isfahani was a pupil of Abu'l-Qasim Husayni Muzahhib-bashi and had workshops in Tehran and Isfahan. He was skilled in illumination as well as painting and portraiture. A fine lacquer Qur’an case in the Khalili Collection which is similarly singed by Mirza Muhammad Taqi also carries a dedication to Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar (Nasser D. Khalili, B.W. Robinson and Tim Stanley, Lacquer from the Islamic Lands, Part Two, Oxford, 1997, no.419, pp.194-95).The fact that Muhammad Taqi was commissioned to produce such intimate scenes for the Shah confirms that he was one of the preferred lacquer artists of the court during the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah.
Date between 1846 and 1847
date QS:P,+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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