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| 1493-94 A.D. | Bell tent, roof up only, red flat apex with decorative edging, the white roof is decorated with patterned shapes in blue and red foliage designs, the single point guy rope attachments show a red spade shape above the valance, the guy ropes themselves are white and blue in colour, the valance is decorated in diagonal red, white and blue alternating stripes, the post is a thick dark green with a black mid section probably indicating a join. | 52 a, b. Two pages from Shahname of Ferdowsi.
Copied by Salek b. Sadi for Karkia Mirza Àli Lahijan, c.a. A.H. 899/1493-94, Opaqua water colour and ink on paper. Provenance: Kraus collection. |
Soudavar, A., Art of the Persian Courts, Selections from the Art and History Trust Collections, New York, 1992, p. 143. |
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