Story of Haftvad, c. 1300, 9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. ( x cm), Ink and color on paper, Western Iran or Baghdad, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1357), A group of women spin cotton outside the village of Kerman. The setting, with gold sky and fantastical landscape, shows the influence of Chinese painting, brought to Persia with Mongolian rule. This scene, identified in the text at the top of the page, foreshadows the story of Haftvad, a modest man whose daughter, seen at the far right, discovers a worm while biting into an apple. Considering it a lucky charm, she keeps the worm in her spindle case

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