'Ali Ashraf

Persian painter (c.1735–c.1780) 'Ali Ashraf علی اشرف fa Ali Ashraf Naqqash Avshar fl c. 1735 Urmia, Safavid Iran (now Iran) fl c. 1780 Afsharid Iran (now Iran) Painter Lacquer painting, Persian miniatures 'Ali Ashraf (fa علی اشرف yes; fl c. 1735–1780), was a Persian lacquer painter and miniaturist, active during the Afsharid and Zand eras.Bloom Jonathan M. ῾Ali Ashraf 2009 The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195309911.001.0001/acref-9780195309911-e-63 2024-11-13 Oxford University Press en 10.1093/acref/9780195309911.001.0001/acref-9780195309911-e-63 978-0-19-530991-1 Blair Sheila S. subscriptionEastern Lacquers: An Exhibition of 50 Pieces of Persian, Indian and Turkish Lacquer (exhibit catalogue by B. W. Robinson, London, Bernheimer F.A. Ltd, 1986)Layla S. Diba: ‘Lacquerwork’, The Arts of Persia, ed. Ronald W. Ferrier (New Haven and London, 1989), pp. 243–254 He was known for his lacquer painted Islamic pencil boxes fa قلمدان (fa قلمدان qalamdan pencil case), lacquer painted mirror frames, and his use of the Persian flower and bird motifs fa گل و مرغ fr Gul-i-bulbul (fa گل و مرغ Gol o bolbol).'Ali Ashraf, Pen Box with Architectural Cartouches https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/456900 2024-11-13 The Metropolitan Museum of Art en thumb|'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.Mirror Case, 'Ali Ashraf https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/115953 2024-11-13 Brooklyn Museum See also Iran List of Iranian artists References Category:1730s births Category:1780s deaths Category:18th-century Iranian painters Category:Iranian miniature painters Category:Lacquerware artists Category:People from Urmia