Folio page with 10 lines of black calligraphy arranged in four columns on a tan background. Below is a painting of a white-robed man attacking a sage on a hilltop. A naked man defends the sage, while two clothes figures watch. In the background is a palace and city.
AKM284.8, The Sage Who Was Attacked by a Drunken Man

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The Sage Who Was Attacked by a Drunken Man
Folio from the Manuscript of Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa`di (d. 1292)
  • Accession Number:AKM284.8
  • 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 sixth painting to appear in the Bustan, and it is marked as page 114 in the manuscript. It depicts an attack on a sage who lives in a simple hut located on the outskirts of a city.

     

    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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