. Illustrated catalogue of an extraordinary collection of Greek, Saracenic, Mesopotamian and Persian faïences, glass and other objects of exceeding rarity and artistic beauty. Second and Last Afternoon. No. 329PERSIAN MINIATURE Height, 5% mche (Fifteenth Century) idlh, 7?• i indie* Painted in India ink, with light washes of color. By the cele-brated miniaturist Behzad. In the foreground of a rocky land-scape arc seen two cranes and many birds of other species. Inthe background is a tree, in the brandies of which is the name ofthe artist, Behzad. No. 330 PERSIAN MINIATURE (Sixteenth Century) He
. Illustrated catalogue of an extraordinary collection of Greek, Saracenic, Mesopotamian and Persian faïences, glass and other objects of exceeding rarity and artistic beauty. Second and Last Afternoon. No. 329PERSIAN MINIATURE Height, 5% mche (Fifteenth Century) idlh, 7?• i indie* Painted in India ink, with light washes of color. By the cele-brated miniaturist Behzad. In the foreground of a rocky land-scape arc seen two cranes and many birds of other species. Inthe background is a tree, in the brandies of which is the name ofthe artist, Behzad. No. 330 PERSIAN MINIATURE (Sixteenth Century) Height, 7 inches; width, l1 ( inches Painted in gold and colors. From a MS. illustrated by ShahMahinoud. dated 1522 ). In an open meadow are three tents, in one of which Bahrain Gur is standing with his wife, who holds a child in her arms. In another, two women arc an old man hails upon a stick, another pla\s a pipe,goats and gazelles nurse their young, while on the trees birds areI < relied. Surrounded by a border of foliage and animals in goldon an ivory ground. Second and Last Afternoon
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