Folio page with 8 lines of black calligraphy, set on a tan background and enclosed by a lined border. Below is a painting of a courtyard scene. The central figures are two sages, seated inside a gazebo, and attended by two servants. Ten other figures occupy the yard below them.
AKM284.18, A Discussion in a Pavilion

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A Discussion in a Pavilion
Folio from the Manuscript of Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa`di (d. 1292)
  • Accession Number:AKM284.18
  • Place:India, Agra
  • Dimensions:41.8 x 26.2 cm
  • Date:ca. 1604
  • Materials and Technique:opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper

  • Marked as page 248 in the manuscript, this is the third painting to appear in the Gulistan. It represents a story in the seventh chapter, “On the Effects of Education.” Here, two sages debate in a garden pavilion, surrounded by attendants and other scholars.

     

    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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