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Collections

A Seated Angel (Peri), Mounted on an album leafcirca 1610-1625

Not on view
Ink and wash drawing of a winged seated figure on tan paper, mounted in a teal and gold-flecked decorative border
Ink and wash drawing on paper of a winged figure seated in a kneeling position, wearing loose robes with a belted waist; large feathered wings arch dramatically overhead in gold and blue-gray tones against an aged buff ground, rendered with fine brushwork in a Persian manuscript style.
Title
A Seated Angel (Peri), Mounted on an album leaf
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
circa 1610-1625
Medium
Ink, washes of color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 4 1/8 x 2 7/16 in. (10.5 x 6.2 cm); Sheet: 10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.40
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Binney, Edwin, 3rd. "Turkish Arts of the Book in the Binney Collection." Arts of Asia 17, no.6 (Nov/Dec 1987): 97-104.