Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso) as manuscript (Afghanistan or Iran, Timurid period (1370–1501) · c. 1485).

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Intoxicated, a man in blue at the lower right has fallen.

SERENDIPITYA little unexpected

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A CLOSER LOOK

The museum identifies this manuscript as opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper and credits Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506).

The museum's collection notes: The painting is the left side of a double composition; at the upper left are musicians who provide ambient entertainment. A cook prepares meat over a brazier, while a servant brings kebab on a shallow bowl. The unfinished state of this painting reveals the artist's process of creating underdrawings that are filled with color. The verso has an example of calligraphy.

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The Cleveland Museum of ArtLeft side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

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