Persian Miniature Painting: A youth talking with a man
Persian Miniature Painting: A youth talking with a man. Shiraz Circa 1560
A youth in conversation with a bearded man on a terrace, a flowering tree and two cypresses beside a stream in background, Shiraz, c.1560
An Illustrated leaf from a manuscript of a Majalis al-Ushaq (Assemblies of Lovers, i. e. Lives of Saints) of Sultan Husayn Mirza, text written in Nasta’liq script, margins ruled in colors and gold, borders richly decorated with intertwining floral motifs in gold, in mount 277 by 175 mm.
The gold bowl of pomegranates are often seen in mid sixteenth century works attributed to Shiraz and in works attributed by me to or signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb.
Please note the interlocking border tiles They are similar to those seen in work attributed by me to or signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb.