Persian Manuscript Gouache Painting with Wresters! antique needlopoint with about the best fish

with about the best fish ever

countered by the distant blue-green of the sea and soft sky that progresses from pink-gray to pale blue

with a somewhat different character to his face on each

with hand-marbled paper under the front flap

Persian Manuscript Gouache Painting with Wresters! antique needlopoint with about the best fishIt's the pair of wrestlers on this illuminated manuscript page, Persian I believe, that really make it for me, though the gridded patterning on that bright blue floor, and weeping willows against gold, and lime green of the seated man's tunic really do it for me too! Gouache on paper, with terrific color and pattern and gestures throughout, earlyish 20th c. or so I presume. 7 7 8" x 5 7 8" and in very good condition, with a few stains and a little