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Turkoman Prisoner

ca. 1610
Not on view
Numerous paintings and drawings of a Turkman prisoner with his hand and head in a type of stock, known as a 'palahang', were produced from the early 16th to the early 17th century. Here the figure is armed only with a dagger, not the sword, bow, arrows and mace of the prisoners in earlier versions. The windswept clouds, light brown, grey and white washes and calligraphic line of this drawing owe a debt to Riza–yi 'Abbasi, who worked in this style in the first decade of the 17th century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Turkoman Prisoner
  • Date: ca. 1610
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran, Isfahan
  • Medium: Ink and transparent watercolor on paper
  • Dimensions: H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm)
    W. 9 3/16 in. (23.4 cm)
    Dimensions of miniature and gold: H. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)
    W. 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
    Dimensions of miniature and border: H. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
    W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Louis V. Bell Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.266.2
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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The Lovers
Painting by Riza-yi 'Abbasi
dated 1039 AH/1630 CE
"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
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ca. 1525
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Habiballah of Sava Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Painting by Habiballah of Sava
Author Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Qur'an Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; leather binding
Qur'an Manuscript
dated 1268 AH/1851–52 CE
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Author Farid al-Din `Attar
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