Portrait of a European woman, Iran, late 19th - early 20th century Gouache and gold on paper depicting a bust of a woman in a polylobed medallion standing out against a gilded floral background and framed by two panels, one decorated with an iris surrounded by two roses, the other with a gilded mandorla on a polychrome floral background. Mounted on a muraqqa album page on cardboard paper painted with ebru marbled decoration. Illegible date stamp on back. Painting size: 18.2 x 10.7 cm; page size: 36.6 x 24 cm Slight shifts in polychromy and small cracks, stains mainly in the margins.