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A Nation of People Who Grow on Trees (side a) and Roses that Ignite (side b), Page from a Manuscript of the Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by Qazvinicirca 1550-1560

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Persian manuscript page with opaque watercolor illustration of three nude figures among trees, above dense handwritten Persian script in black and red ink
Title
A Nation of People Who Grow on Trees (side a) and Roses that Ignite (side b), Page from a Manuscript of the Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by Qazvini
Place Made
Iran (?)
Date Made
circa 1550-1560
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
8 13/16 x 4 5/16 in. (22.23 x 10.80 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.588
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.