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Leaf

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Genre:: manuscripts (documents)
Local ID:: i029
Extent:: 1 leaf; 16.3 x 25.2 cm.

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Description

Abstract:: Kneeling courtly figure holds book in highly-symmetrical and well-ordered outdoor scene. Women make offerings made to kneeling figure.
Notes:: Physical Description: Excellent workmanship on miniature. Image in excellent condition, slight damage to surrounding paper. Paper is rather heavy, but not coarse. Water stain evident on verso. Beautiful specimen. Colors appear as brilliant as inlay. Leaf is very similar to a depiction of Yusof published in Soudavir which is identified as Bukhara style. See appendix 5; Support: Paper

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Rights: No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use: Collection is open for research.

Citation

"Leaf" Minassian Collection of Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:80651/

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Collection:

Minassian Collection of Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings

Miniature paintings from the estate of Mrs. Adrienne Minassian. The paintings often include text from Persian and Indian tales. Many of the illustrations within the Minassian Collection are depictions of stories from the classical Persian text, Shahnama of Ferdowsi.

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