"Sultan Listening to a Man Reading from a Manuscript", Folio from a Manuscript by Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Mir Ali Shir Nava'i

Date: early 16th century

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions: H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) W. 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Classification: Codices

Country: present-day Uzbekistan

Themes: Men, Reading, Trees

Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1940

Date range

1500 – 1525

Largest dimension

14.9 cm

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