Captioned portrait of Nâdir Shah, Iran, 20th century Gouache and gold on paper depicting the sovereign Ndir Shah Afshar kneeling under a dai, his back resting against cushions, a scepter in his hand. On the right, his name is inscribed in black ink; on the left, two epigraphic cartouches inscribed in Arabic. The portrait is set in a wooden frame decorated with katamkari marquetry, its back painted with gilded foliage on a black background. Under glass. Painting size: 21.5 x 14 cm; total size: 29.1 x 22.2 cm Minor damage to the frame. Nâdir Shah was Shah of Iran from 1736 to 1747. He founded the Afsharid dynasty, which freed Iran from the Afghan domination it had suffered since the fall of the Safavids.