AKM288.17, Distributing Riches, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri), Fol.253r
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AKM288.17, Distributing Riches, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri), Fol.253v
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Distributing Riches, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri)
- Accession Number:AKM288.17
- Creator:Author: Nasir al-Din Tusi, Persian, 1201 - 1274
Created for: Nasir al-Din `Abd al-Rahim - Place:Pakistan, Lahore
- Dimensions:23.9 cm × 14.2 cm
- Date:ca. 1590-1595
- Materials and Technique:Opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper
The last painting in the manuscript falls in the eighth section of the third discourse, ‘On the Testaments attributed to Plato’. The text includes advice from the famous Greek philosopher to his pupil Aristotle, and the painting shows two men dropping gold coins from a balcony, to the crowd gathered below. It may relate to the nearby text stating, “Recognize truly that you will come to a place where master and slave are equal, so be not arrogant here.”
See AKM288 for an introduction to a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri) and links to the other paintings within this manuscript.
— Marika Sardar
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