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"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

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"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Manohar|Muhammad Husain Kashmiri|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Date
1597–98
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
India
Object number
13.228.33
Credit line
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Original Met record Wikidata Artist authority

Artist information

active ca. 1582–1624|Indian, active ca. 1560–1611|Indian, Patiyali, 1253–1325 Delhi

Subjects and terms

  • Musical Instruments
  • Gardens
  • Men
  • Reading
  • Fairies
  • Horses
  • Musicians

The Met object ID 446567. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.