'Ali Ashraf

'Ali Ashraf
علی اشرف
Bornfl c. 1735
Urmia, Safavid Iran (now Iran)
Diedfl c. 1780
Afsharid Iran (now Iran)
Other nameAli Ashraf Naqqash Avshar
OccupationPainter
Known forLacquer painting, Persian miniatures

'Ali Ashraf (Persian: علی اشرف; fl c. 1735–1780), was a Persian lacquer painter and miniaturist, active during the Afsharid and Zand eras. He was known for his lacquer painted Islamic pencil boxes [fa] (Persian: قلمدان, romanized: qalamdan, lit. 'pencil case'), lacquer painted mirror frames, and his use of the Persian flower and bird motifs [fa; fr] (Persian: گل و مرغ, romanized: Gol o bolbol).

'Ali Ashraf's lacquer painted Persian mirror case

He was trained under Mohammad Zaman. His work is included in museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Brooklyn Museum.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila S. (2009), "῾Ali Ashraf", The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195309911.001.0001/acref-9780195309911-e-63, ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1, retrieved 2024-11-13
  2. ↑ Eastern Lacquers: An Exhibition of 50 Pieces of Persian, Indian and Turkish Lacquer (exhibit catalogue by B. W. Robinson, London, Bernheimer F.A. Ltd, 1986)
  3. ↑ Layla S. Diba: ‘Lacquerwork’, The Arts of Persia, ed. Ronald W. Ferrier (New Haven and London, 1989), pp. 243–254
  4. 1 2 "'Ali Ashraf, Pen Box with Architectural Cartouches". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Mirror Case, 'Ali Ashraf". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-13.