"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Gulistan of Sa'di

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"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Gulistan of Sa'di

Sa'di

Date
17th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm) W. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
Iran
Object number
1978.84
Credit line
Purchase, The Seley Foundation Inc. Gift and The Friends of the Department of Islamic Art Fund, 1978

Artist information

Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1213–1291 Shiraz

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Dancing

The Met object ID 452847. 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.