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Album of Persian and Indian calligraphy and paintings, Detail of a portrait of Shāh Ṭahmasp, Walters Manuscript W.668, fol.4b detail by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Album of Persian and Indian calligraphy and paintings, Detail of a portrait of Shāh Ṭahmasp, Walters Manuscript W.668, fol.4b detail by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

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Tagged: Indian, Islamic, Mughal, Persian, Safavid, Qajar, Calligraphy, Illumination, Illustration, Miniature, Painting, Accordion book, Album, Walters Art Museum, India, Iran, Literature, Poetry, 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, Sixteenth Century, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, mustache, .
Five poems (quintet), Shīrīn entertains Khusraw, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.624, fol.51a by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

Five poems (quintet), Shīrīn entertains Khusraw, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.624, fol.51a by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts on Flickr.

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Tagged: Binding, Calligraphy, Codex, Illumination, Illustration, Islamic, Manuscript, Mughal, Painting, Persian, Walters, Art, Museum, horse, .
“A woman seated in front of a palace, reading a book and offered a cup” by Asian Curator at The San Diego Museum of Art on Flickr.

“A woman seated in front of a palace, reading a book and offered a cup” by Asian Curator at The San Diego Museum of Art on Flickr.

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Tagged: SDMA, san, diego, museum, art, India, Mughal, MESA'10, Binney, san diego museum of art, .