Printed kalamkari TENTURE, Iran, Isfahan, signed Hossein Fakhârî, 20th century. Large cotton canvas printed with a figurative decoration featuring an elderly man dressed in blue and turbaned, being sipped wine by a woman in the upper part and distracted by the setâr music of a second woman in the lower part. Between the two scenes revealed by a curtain, a quatrain in Persian nasta'liq is printed in black ink. It is taken from the famous Robâiyât by Omar Khayyam (1048-1131). In a cartouche at bottom right, the artist's signature reads "Amal Hossein Fakhârî". The whole is encircled by a floral margin framed by two borders of floral foliage with birds standing out against a red background. Fringes border the short sides and the work is dated to Isfahan in an inscription in black ink on the back. 260 x 126 cm. Some stains and tears. Expert in Islamic and Indian Art: Madame Camille CELIER - 2 bis rue de l'Orne - 92600 Asnières sur Seine - Tel: 06 75 03 11 66 - camille.celier@gmail.com