[caption id="attachment_91828" align="alignright" width="180"] Qajar royal portrait of Fath Ali Shah (detail)[/caption]
A magnificent and extremely rare life-size Qajar royal portrait ofFath Ali Shah, the pre-eminent ruler of the Qajar dynasty, is the highlight of theSothebysLondon April 9Arts of the Islamic Worldsale. The circa 1820 painting carries ...