LAYLA AND MAJNUN AT SCHOOL
LAYLA AND MAJNUN AT SCHOOL

SCHOOL OF BEHZAD, TIMURID HERAT, CIRCA 1480

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LAYLA AND MAJNUN AT SCHOOL
SCHOOL OF BEHZAD, TIMURID HERAT, CIRCA 1480
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a large seated turbaned teacher in lower left-hand corner sharpens his reed pen, a group of girls sit with their backs against a red fence, Layla wearing a blue robe and looking at Majnun who wears an orange cloak seated in the opposite corner with the other male turbaned students, top left-hand corner with tile covered building with arched entrance with suspended lamp below calligraphic inscription, top right-hand corner with 2ll. of elegant nasta'liq in gold, mounted on gold speckled dark blue card with gold, blue and green rulings
Miniature 3 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (8.5 x 11.2cm.)

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