Drawing of a dervish mounted on an album page, Iran, early 20th century Drawing in black and polychrome inks on paper depicting a standing dervish leaning on his walking stick. The subject is bearded, wearing a small bonnet, his bare torso simply covered with a cloth and surrounded by a butterfly and a cricket. Mounted on an album page with several colored borders, a green margin with gilded vegetal decoration, and several illuminated cartouches and spandrels, mainly calligraphic in Persian nasta'liq. Drawing size: 16.3 x 11 cm; overall size: 27 x 20 cm Minor accidents, wetness, stains, one cartouche missing from the composition A Drawing of a Dervish, Iran, early 20th century Collection of M. A. Z. - 1960 to 1980 (by descent) - lots 238 to 252