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Abdullah Bukhari
A Couple in Amorous Embrace1744/A.H. 1157

Not on view
Persian miniature painting of two figures in colorful robes seated together, surrounded by a blue-gray marbled paper border with leaf patterns
Artist or Maker
Abdullah Bukhari
Title
A Couple in Amorous Embrace
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
1744/A.H. 1157
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 6 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (17.1 x 11.7 cm); Album leaf: 9 1/8 x 7 in. (23.2 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.85.237.49
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Overton, Keelan. "A History of Ottoman Art History Through the Private Database of Edward Binney, 3rd." Journal of Art Historiography 6 (2012): 1-19.