A kneeling suitor offers a cup of wine to show his love to a lady leaning against a flowering plum t
A kneeling suitor offers a cup of wine to show his love to a lady leaning against a flowering plum tree, holding an open book of love poetry, a female attendant standing behind her. Iran, ca. 1430 Painting on silk modeled after Chinese paintings, probably torn out of fol. 76r of the album Hazine 2153 in the Topkapı Palace Library. Source: Met MuseumHere’s a book of love poetry of the same type the maiden is holding (a safina, or ship), originating in Iran and Central Asia in the 15th century: Made in Iran, dated Muharram A.H. 1170/ A.D. October 1756. 4 inches tall and 8.25 inches long. (Met Museum) -- source link
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