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Illustration: A King and Two Newly Bought Slaves; Leaf from Collection of Poems (masnavi); Text Title: Masnavi-i ma'navi

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On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, a king tests his two newly bought slaves, one white and the other colored, and sends the colored one to the bathhouse to be cleaned up.Folio: 65bIllustrationLanguage: Persian, Arabic
Format:
H: 10 7/16 X W: 5 7/8 In. (26.5 X 15 Cm)Ink And Pigments On Thin Laid Paper (Probably Kashmiri)Illuminated Manuscripts Folios (Leaves)Manuscripts And Manuscript Illuminations
Created Date:
1073 Ah/Ad 1663
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