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Persian Miniature Painting: A youth talking with a man. Shiraz Circa 1560

Persian Miniature Painting: A youth talking with a man. Shiraz Circa 1560

"Lot 150 Sotheby's London UK. 04/26/1991

A youth in conversation with a bearded man on a terrace, a flowering tree and two cypresses beside a stream in background, Shiraz, c.1560

An Illustrated leaf from a manuscript of a Majalis al-Ushaq (Assemblies of Lovers, i. e. Lives of Saints) of Sultan Husayn Mirza, text written in Nasta'liq script, margins ruled in colors and gold, borders richly decorated with intertwining floral motifs in gold, in mount 277 by 175 mm. 1.

Persian Miniature Painting: A youth talking with a man. Shiraz Circa 1560 The gold bowl of pomegranates are often seen in mid sixteenth century works attributed to Shiraz and in works attributed by me to or signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb.

The gold bowl of pomegranates are often seen in mid sixteenth century works attributed to Shiraz and in works attributed by me to or signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb.

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Please note the interlocking border tiles They are similar to those seen in work attributed by me to or signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb.

Related work

Sotheby's Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures. London UK. 04/26/1991 Lot 169

For Further Reading:

Persian Rugs and Carpet

JBOC's Notes on the Bible

Southwest Asia Time Line

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J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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