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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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Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi, Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi
Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi
dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE
The Lovers, Riza-yi 'Abbasi Iranian, Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
The Lovers
Riza-yi 'Abbasi
dated 1039 AH/1630 CE
"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)
Habiballah of Sava
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ca. 1600
Man with Prayer Beads, Muhammad `Ali, Ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Man with Prayer Beads
Muhammad `Ali
mid-17th century
Study of a Bird, Riza-yi 'Abbasi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Study of a Bird
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