Folio page with a painting of a busy palace scene, with four lines of black calligraphy above. In the centre, a man in green takes a red-robed youth’s pulse while nine other physicians watch. Below are three figures in discussion. Outside the walls, three men haggle near a red awning.
AKM284.7, Various Medical Opinions

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Various Medical Opinions
Folio from the Manuscript of Kulliyat (Collected Works) of Sa`di (d. 1292)
  • Accession Number:AKM284.7
  • 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 fifth painting to appear in the Bustan, and it is marked as page 99 in the manuscript. It depicts a gathering of medical experts in a palace setting. A youth takes a man's pulse, surrounded by open books.

     

    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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