Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso)

Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)

Artist: Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)
Date: late 1500s–early 1600s
Medium: ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
Origin: Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)
Abd al-Samad (Persian, c. 1510–1600)
Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto); the Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" (verso) from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209)
A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)

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