"Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden", Folio18r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Bi
1575
Folio from an illustrated manuscript in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Islamic Art). Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper. Digitised image of the artefact itself; dated to the object, ca. 1600.
Source: metmuseum.org
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