拍品 72
72
Peacock in saz leaves

细节
Peacock in saz leaves
Turkey, probably circa 1550

black ink heightened with red on buff paper, a peacock sits preening itself among a fantastical tree of saz leaves and carnation blossoms arising from a small rock, gold margin between black rules, (small waterstain to bottom right-hand corner), two seal impressions below, mounted on marbled paper, framed and glazed
miniature 8½ x 5in. (21.6 x 12.3cm.)
folio 10½ x 6¾in. (26.6 x 17.3cm.)

拍品专文

The composition of this is almost identical to one in the Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (Cod. mixt. 313); ours however has a small rock from which the leaves arise. Much has been written about the origin and dating of these saz leaf studies and the related dragon studies; claims have been made for both Turkey and Persia, and both the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries.

Denny, Walter B.:Dating Ottoman Turkish Works in the Saz Style, Muqarnas, vol.I, pp.103-122, Yale University Press 1983
Stchoukine, I.: La Peinture Turque d'apres Les Mauscrits Illustrés, pl. xxvi(b), Paris 1971