The Life of Desert Nomads.
 
Date Description Source Reference
Middle of the 16th century Two bell tents, one cone tent and a yurt. 

Red bell tent with yellow dots and designs on walls, flat top apex, black pole with the yellow join clearly visible, grey interior, purple band around roof edge, which in turn is very close to the ground, flooring of some kind evident. 

Dark blue bell tent, flat top apex, black pole, thin band of white designs on a red background around roof edge, the interior of the band can be seen through the door, light green interior, red band around tent just above wall bottom each, flooring evident. 

Black cone (no wall evident), yellow design on tent fabric, flat topped apex, black pole, intricate patterned flooring evident. 

Dark purple yurt (only half visible), yellow designs on roof and walls, similar roof edge decorative band as the dark blue bell tent, dark red band about bottom edge.

“Figure 21. Miniature of genre character picturing the life of desert nomads in the style favoured by several masters of the Safavid School in Tabriz: the interest in nature and the unaffected and directly observed rendering of people and animals is reminiscent of the work of Mir Sayyid Ali (c.f. Kühnel, op cit., Plates 908 A, B, 909 A, B, etc.). the artist may be either this painter or one of his contempories from Tabriz, about the middle of the 16th century.” Kubicková, V., Persian Miniatures, London, 1965, Fig 21.


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