Lion and Dragon in Combat, second half 18th century, Made in Iran, Ink and watercolor on paper, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), Codices, Painting by Muhammad Baqir (Iranian, active 1735–90), A significant number of works by Muhammad Baqir survive, including several borders and single-page paintings, dated 1764, that come from a dispersed album. Some of these are based on European prototypes while others depict flowers, reflecting the vogue for bird-and-flower paintings that developed in the eighteenth century and was especially popular in nineteenth-century Iran
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Lion, Dragon, Combat, second half 18th century, Iran, Ink, watercolor, paper, H, 5 1/2, 14 cm, Codices, Painting by Muhammad Baqir, Iranian, active, 1735–90, significant, number, works, Muhammad, survive, several borders, single-page paintings, dated 1764, come, dispersed album, based, European prototypes, depict, flowers, reflecting, vogue, bird, flower, developed, eighteenth, popular, nineteenth-century Iran
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