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Set of two mirrored paintings on glass
(مجموعة من لوحتين معكوستين على الزجاج)

Title	Set of two mirrored paintings on glass
Title Original	مجموعة من لوحتين معكوستين على الزجاج
Publication Date:	The beginning of the nineteenth century
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MSS 1093, MSS 1094
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;33;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	The beginning of the nineteenth century
Notes	The technique of inverted glass (eglomisé) or painting became popular in Iran at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a result of imports from Europe. In this technique, paint is added behind the glass in reverse order, with outlines and details added before the background colors. The technique has also been practiced in China since the 18th century. Both princes and courtiers are depicted wearing jewelry in Qajar fashion against the natural scenes inspired by European art that were common in Qajar paintings of that period. The paintings are not signed but have been compared with paintings by Mirza Baba who may be responsible for a group of paintings on reversed glass in the marble Taj Hall of Golestan Palace in Tehran. The richly carved and painted frames with their borders of openwork scrolls of birds and dragons are considered contemporary.
Sample Text	“Set of two mirrored paintings on glass” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;33;ar

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Set of two mirrored paintings on glass

(مجموعة من لوحتين معكوستين على الزجاج)

Publication Date The beginning of the nineteenth century

Publication Place - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MSS 1093, MSS 1094

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;33;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date The beginning of the nineteenth century

Notes The technique of inverted glass (eglomisé) or painting became popular in Iran at the beginning of the nineteenth century as a result of imports from Europe. In this technique, paint is added behind the glass in reverse order, with outlines and details added before the background colors. The technique has also been practiced in China since the 18th century. Both princes and courtiers are depicted wearing jewelry in Qajar fashion against the natural scenes inspired by European art that were common in Qajar paintings of that period. The paintings are not signed but have been compared with paintings by Mirza Baba who may be responsible for a group of paintings on reversed glass in the marble Taj Hall of Golestan Palace in Tehran. The richly carved and painted frames with their borders of openwork scrolls of birds and dragons are considered contemporary.

Sample Text “Set of two mirrored paintings on glass” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;33;ar