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THE OLD MAN AND THE YOUTH, PERSIA QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY - Grisaille pen and ink heightened with gold on paper. Laid down on album leaf decorated a youth and an old man accompanied with a dog, ruled in gilt and polychrome borders. The margin decorated with gilt lotus and peony scrolls. The subject of a youth paired with an older man, often a dervish or a poet, illustrated the relationship of the spiritual guide or 'pir' and his disciple, the 'murid'. Painting 10.5 by 16 cm. Miniature 23 by 31 cm.