Folio page with 4 lines of black calligraphy arranged in four columns, set on a tan background. Below is a painting of a courtyard scene, with two sages conversing on a dais, and two more eating melons on the right of the image. Outside the walls, three servants walk by.
AKM284.20, A Sage in a Courtyard

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A Sage in a Courtyard
Folio from the Manuscript of Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa`di (d. 1292)
  • Accession Number:AKM284.20
  • 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 two sages conversing while two others eat melons. It is marked as page 297 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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