Textile Fragment Depicting Figures in a Landscape

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This textile fragment and 06.1197.2 depict a kneeling servant offering a bowl of fruit to a man standing beside a tree. The idealized scene of figures in a landscape setting was popularized by illustrations to Safavid poetic anthologies, and were emulated by textile designers. The black outlining of the figures and other motifs (including the wine cup containing a date, A.H. 1008/A.D. 1599–1600, and signature, Husain) create a graphic quality akin to line drawing.

Textile Fragment Depicting Figures in a Landscape, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas

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Textile Fragment Depicting Figures in a Landscape, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas
Textile Fragment Depicting Figures in a Landscape, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas
Textile Fragment Depicting Figures in a Landscape, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas
Textile Fragment Depicting Figures in a Landscape, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas
Textile Fragment Depicting Figures in a Landscape, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas

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