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Lion Attacking a Dragon Wrapped Around a Ram, Page from an Albumdated AH 27 Rajab 1103/ AD April 14, 1692

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Ink drawing on cream paper showing a reclining large animal attacked by a dragon-like creature with swirling curls, a robed turbaned figure in the upper left, set within coral and dark floral decorative borders
Title
Lion Attacking a Dragon Wrapped Around a Ram, Page from an Album
Place Made
Iran, Isfahan
Date Made
dated AH 27 Rajab 1103/ AD April 14, 1692
Period
Safavid (1501-1732)
Medium
Ink and color washes on paper
Dimensions
5 x 8 in. (12.75 x 20.25 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.12
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.