Folio page with a captioned painting showing a fruit-picker lying at the foot of a date palm on the left side of the painting. Another labourer waves at a passing party of five figures, on the right. Behind is a rising hill with trees and rocky outcrops.
AKM284.11, An Accident Befalls the Date-Picker

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An Accident Befalls the Date-Picker
Folio from the Manuscript of Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa`di (d. 1292)
  • Accession Number:AKM284.11
  • Place:India, Agra
  • Dimensions:41.8 x 26.2 cm
  • Date:ca. 1604
  • Materials and Technique:opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper

  • This is the ninth painting to appear in the Bustan, and it is marked as page 147 in the manuscript. Returning to the nim qalam (half pen) aesthetic, this painting, completed in a light wash of colour, represents a fruit-picker who has fallen and lies unconscious at the foot of a date palm.

     

    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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