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Yusuf visiting Zulaikha
lacquer panel probably from a bookcover, recto showing Yusuf kneeling before Zulaikha outside her tent, a parasol bearer standing beside him and his large retinue gathered behind, black and gold border, verso showing Farhad carving the rock while Shirin looks on, (recto with crackelure and repairs, verso damaged and repaired) - 28.8 x 19cm.; and another also showing Yusuf visiting Zulaikha - 35.7 x 42.7cm., both framed, both Qajar Persia, 19th century
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lacquer panel probably from a bookcover, recto showing Yusuf kneeling before Zulaikha outside her tent, a parasol bearer standing beside him and his large retinue gathered behind, black and gold border, verso showing Farhad carving the rock while Shirin looks on, (recto with crackelure and repairs, verso damaged and repaired) - 28.8 x 19cm.; and another also showing Yusuf visiting Zulaikha - 35.7 x 42.7cm., both framed, both Qajar Persia, 19th century
See illustration for one (2)