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| Date | Description | Source | Reference |
| 1565 A.D. | Two bell tents and one yurt.
Right Foreground. Bell tent, flat apex, floral decoration on a yellow background, the same pattern appears on the roof, similar pattern on a blue background split on either side of the door way, red pole and light green lining. Left. Orange bell tent, floral pattern on green vent cover, patterned decoration repeated on roof and walls, cheveroned roof edge decoration in white and blue, over the door the chervons are in red and light blue, the wall is opened and rolled up, the pole is black with red and white flowers, the join in the pole is clearly visible. Right Background. Very highly decorated yurt, red and gold coloured vent, gold pattern on blue background on roof, blue and red roof edge, wall decorated in an intricate floral pattern on gold background, rectangular door way, gold design on blue panelling on either side of the door way, light blue interior. |
“...Painting from a copy of Jami’s Haft Aurang (Seven Thrones), copied
for the Library of Abu ‘l Fath Sultan Ibrahim Mirza, cousin of Shah Ismail
II, between 1556 and 1565 in Meshhed. ‘Majnun before Layla’s tent...Freer
Galley of Art, Washington. The painting illustrates an episode from the
story of Layla and Majnun which was copied in 1565.”
“...and audacity of complex patterns emphasised through the arrangement of the tents and baldachins (shades) make it both original and highly successful.” |
Grube, E.J., The World of Islam, London, 1966, p. 145. |
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