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A Youth consulting a Sage
Ottoman, early seventeenth century
gouache heightened with gold on paper, seated on a terrace before a pavilion, the two turbanned figures face each other, the bearded sage with a string of beads in his hand, (possible retouching), a landscape visible behind, two lines of nasta'liq above and below within hatched clouds, gold and light blue margins between black rules, mounted, and ANOTHER FROM THE SAME SERIES, depicting a youth beseeching the sage, holding the hem of his coat, with two bearded onlookers, (possible retouching), similar pavilion and landscape behind, Persian verses above and below, similar margins, mounted
miniatures 5 x 3 1/8in. (12.6 x 8cm.) (2)
Ottoman, early seventeenth century
gouache heightened with gold on paper, seated on a terrace before a pavilion, the two turbanned figures face each other, the bearded sage with a string of beads in his hand, (possible retouching), a landscape visible behind, two lines of nasta'liq above and below within hatched clouds, gold and light blue margins between black rules, mounted, and ANOTHER FROM THE SAME SERIES, depicting a youth beseeching the sage, holding the hem of his coat, with two bearded onlookers, (possible retouching), similar pavilion and landscape behind, Persian verses above and below, similar margins, mounted
miniatures 5 x 3 1/8in. (12.6 x 8cm.) (2)