This original miniature from mid twentieth-century Isfahan features a lively hunting scene painted on ivory by the famous artist Fakhre Emami. It was part of an art collection of a New York couple who travelled the world together in search of original work, and is now for sale by their estate.

The intricate Khatam marquetry frame measures 10 1/8" x 6 1/8", with glass and green velvet matting.
Frame is also signed on the back, and has a chip on the upper left corner. (See last photo.)
Actual painting measures 6" x 2", and is signed in the upper right area, above the arch.
There are some scuff marks on the ivory on the left and right borders. (See photos.)

"In the same caravanserai was the workroom of Fakhr Emami, the best miniaturist in Isfahan. He had come from a well-known family; his great-grandfather had designed the front portal of the bazaar and his father had also painted miniatures. Intent upon his work, he sat quietly painting a scene that was no more than three inches high, using a paintbrush made from the single whisker of a cat." (excerpted from PFC Blazefield's account of his trip to Iran in the mid-1960s, A Year to Remember, Bibliotastic.com, 1999)

Shipped double-boxed from a smoke-free home.
Estate item #264a.