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Two Dragons Entwined on a Spray of Stylized Foliageabout 1575

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Illuminated manuscript page with Persian calligraphy surrounding a central panel of gold and ink botanical forms with a bold black calligraphic arc
Illuminated manuscript page with a central panel depicting intertwined dragons and fantastic creatures amid large acanthus-like leaves in gold, gray, and ink on a cream ground with floral vine background; bordered in deep blue with a column of Persian nasta'liq calligraphy at right.

Unknown, Two Dragons Entwined on a Spray of Stylized Foliage, about 1575, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Two Dragons Entwined on a Spray of Stylized Foliage
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
about 1575
Medium
Ink, color washes, and gold on paper
Dimensions
7 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (18.1 x 9.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.18
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Komaroff, Linda. Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2005.
  • Price, Lorna. Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • Overton, Keelan. "A History of Ottoman Art History Through the Private Database of Edward Binney, 3rd." Journal of Art Historiography 6 (2012): 1-19.

  • 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.

  • Makariou, Sophie. Nouvelles Acquisitions, Arts de l'Islam, 1988-2001: Catalogue. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2002.
  • Binney, Edwin, 3rd. "Turkish Arts of the Book in the Binney Collection." Arts of Asia 17, no.6 (Nov/Dec 1987): 97-104.