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Collections

Album Page with Decorated Border with Animals and Flowers16th century

Not on view
Decorated album page with cream ground, featuring a blank central panel surrounded by flowering plants and animals including a striped cat, spotted creature, and upright marsupial-like figure, in faded rose, sage, and tan tones
Illustrated manuscript border with a central blank rectangular panel framed by a thin gold-ruled border, surrounded by a wide margin painted with pink roses, flowering vines, and animals including a striped tiger, a fox, and a spotted deer in warm ochre and terracotta tones on cream-colored paper.

Unknown, Album Page with Decorated Border with Animals and Flowers, 16th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Album Page with Decorated Border with Animals and Flowers
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
16th century
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
16 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (41.0 x 27.3 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.532
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic