"A Scene of Conviviality at Court", Folio from a Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i

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"A Scene of Conviviality at Court", Folio from a Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i

Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i|Qasim 'Ali of Shiraz

Date
1580
Medium
Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Painting: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm) W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) Page: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm) W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
Iran
Object number
13.228.21.6
Credit line
Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

Artist information

Herat 1441–1501 Herat|Iranian

Subjects and terms

  • Courtyards
  • Fruit
  • Wine
  • Princes
  • Women

The Met object ID 446616. 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.