File:An Illustrated and Illuminated Leaf from a Persian Manuscript; Two Prisoners Hung by their Feet, Qazwin or Shiraz, Persia, circa 1570.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionAn Illustrated and Illuminated Leaf from a Persian Manuscript; Two Prisoners Hung by their Feet, Qazwin or Shiraz, Persia, circa 1570.jpg |
English: An Illustrated and Illuminated Leaf from a Persian Manuscript: Two Prisoners Hung by their Feet, Qazwin or Shiraz, Persia, circa 1570
Central panel: 21.5 by 11.3cm. leaf: 27.8 by 19cm. Ink and gouache on paper heightened with gold, 4 lines of text written in panels above and below the painting in nasta'liq script in black ink within cloudbands against a gold ground embellished with flowers, laid on a later blue border decorated with outdoor scenes of wildlife and vegetation The text in prose concerns a youth who comes across a cave where two men are hanging. He is so shocked that he loudly recites the basmala and when the landlord hears it, he goes to the youth and says he has not heard the verse for a long time. |
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circa 1570 date QS:P,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Source | https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/arts-of-the-islamic-world-l09723/lot.33.html |
Author | Sotheby's |
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