Saturday, December 17, 2011

Mary and Jesus








These two Safavid Persian paintings depicts Mary (Maryam) and Jesus (ʿĪsā), as indicated by the inscriptions. They date to the late eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE and are attributable to the Safavid painter Shaykh ‘Abbāsī, whose works range between 1060 AH / 1650 CE to 1095 AH / 1683-4 CE. 

Monday, December 5, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Monkey & Tiger

detail

Monday, October 31, 2011

Fireworks


Saturday, October 15, 2011

Terrace

Friday, October 14, 2011

Holy Man

Provincial Mughal, A Holy Man and Visitors, 19th Century.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011