Folio page with a captioned painting of a king on his golden throne, on a rose-coloured dais. He is surrounded by a group of 22 courtiers, scholars, and servants. Four figures and two horses wait at the bottom of the painting, outside the palace walls.
AKM284.19, A Court Assembly

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A Court Assembly
Folio from the Manuscript of Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa`di (d. 1292)
  • Accession Number:AKM284.19
  • Place:India, Agra
  • Dimensions:41.8 x 26.2 cm
  • Date:ca. 1604
  • Materials and Technique:opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper

  • Found in the section of Persian-language qasidas (odes), this painting represents a group of scholars, courtiers, and servants who have gathered around the king on his throne. It is marked as page 279 in the manuscript.

     

    See AKM284 for an introduction to the Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa'di, and other paintings from this manuscript.

     

    — Marika Sardar

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