Mohammadi, The Love of Majun.

 
Date Description Source Reference
1575 A.D. Two wedge tents and one yurt. 

Black wedge tent, only one apex showing, red flat apex with tip of pole poking through and gold dots (nails?) around circumference, red pole with two gold bands (join?), interior lining decorated with blue, red and gold flowers. 

Blue yurt, brown and orange vent cover decorated with gold flowers, light green vent, blue then gold band around tent walls and roof are decorated in flower, foliage and foxes, red valance with gold flowers, rectangular door, orange band around roof on left. 

Light blue wedge tent, only one apex showing, red and gold flat apex with tip of pole poking through, white interior and black thin pole.

No. 93. The Love of Majun. 

Attributed here to Mohammadi. Probably Herat, ca. 1575. From a Selselatozzahab of Jami. 

Provenance: J.Soustiel.

Soudava, A., Art of the Persian Courts, Selections from the Art and History Trust Collections, New York, 1992, p. 238.

Other works attributed to Mohammadi:

Life in the Country

Throwing down the imposter


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