A portrait of a court dancer, Shirin, holding a glass in her raised left hand, wearing a late Qajar royal costume comprising a colourful multi-layered ensemble of silk edged with silver embroidery under a floral-embroidered waistcoat (nimtaneh), and an aigrette and strings of pearls on her head and round her neck, and dancing on a verandah with a European-style balustrade overlooking trees in a park, Qajar Persia, second half of the 19th Century.

Acquired in 1921 by the diplomat Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman CMG MVO (1884-1968) during his diplomatic posting in Tehran, and brought back to England in 1922 (according to a letter dated 17th October 1930).

Private collection.