Folio page with a painting showing a sage reaching out of a sinking boat to rescue two drowning men. Five figures stand on the shore, and one reaches out to a third swimmer. A winding column of black text wraps around three sides of the painting.
AKM284.23, The Sinking Boat

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The Sinking Boat
Folio from the Manuscript of Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa`di (d. 1292)
  • Accession Number:AKM284.23
  • 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 final painting in the manuscript, marked as page 376. Still holding his book and rosary, a sage stands up in a sinking boat while his fellow passengers swim in the river.

     

    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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