Birds and Flowers - Muhammad Yusuf, Persia, 17th century
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A firman (imperial decree), paper, written in Tawqi and Taliq
Iran, probably Isfahan; 816 H = 1414
H: 600; W: 50 cm
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Drawing pasted on an album leaf with calligraphy. “Two Wild Boars”
Iran, Herat or Tabriz; 2nd half of 15th century
Drawing: 6.6 × 10.8 cm
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Miniature from Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi’s Kitab suwar al-kawakib. “The Constellation Gemini”
Iran; beginning of 15th C
Leaf: 21.4 × 14.3 cm
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Double frontispiece painting from Firdawsi’s Shahnama. “A Princely Couple with Courtiers in a Garden”
Western Iran or Iraq; early15th C
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Min. from al-Sarai’s Nahj al-Faradis. “The Prophet Muhammad Encounters the Angel of Prayer as a White Cockerel” (recto)
Iran, Herat; c. 1465
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Miniature from a copy of al-Sarai’s Nahj al-Faradis. “The Prophet Muhammad Before the Angel with Seventy Heads” (recto)
Iran, Herat; c. 1465
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Fritware tile, painted in polychrome glazes and gold leaf. Cuerda seca technique
Iran; c. 1440
Diam: 35 cm
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Miniature from Muhammad ibn Husam’s Khawarannama (Book of the East). “Malik Lifts Abu’l Mihjan from the Saddle”
Iran, Shiraz (?); 1477
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Astrolabe, brass, engraved and inlaid with silver
Iran; 830 H = 1426-1427
H with hanging: 33.5 cm
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Candlestick, cast and engraved bronze
Central Asia, Afghanistan or Iran; 15th century
H: 25.5; Diam: 17 cm
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Mosaic consisting of pieces of cut, glazed tile
Iran, Isfahan; beginning of 16th century or later
H: 91.5; W: 145 cm
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Rabih, because I enjoy your twitter feed so much I read Koolaids, and damn, it was good. Thank you!
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