TWO PAINTINGS OF COURT GATHERINGS Iran, 18th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the two vertical compositions depicting lively garden scenes, the first portraying a scholar holding a book, seated under a blue-domed building with an attendant serving tea, accompanied by musicians and visitors indulging in drinks and fruits, on the verso poetic text in Persian nasta'liqcalligraphy, mounted on white cardboard, 32cm x 23cm; the second painting depicting a nobleman under a green dome embellished with floral decoration, surrounded by female musicians and companions drinking, mounted on cream-coloured cardboard, 32cm x 23cm.