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An old merchant advising his three sons from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment...

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An old merchant advising his three sons from Lights of Canopus, 1847 (ink and pigment on paper)
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Persian School, (19th century) / Persian
Location
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Medium
ink and pigment on paper
Date
1847 AD (C19th AD)
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35x21.5 cms
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Folio 21b from Ms. W.599, a copy of Anvar-i Suhayli (the Lights of Canopus) Persian version by Mirza Rahim of Kalilah wa-Dimnah (The Fables of Bidpay) an ancient Indian collection of animal fables (Panchatantra) which follow the Persian physician Burzuyah on a mission to India where he finds a book of stories collected by anthropomorphized animals who live there

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19th century / France / Europe / India / Asia / lesson / merchant / marchand mission / colonialism / interior / sons / star / morality / light / behaviour / anthropomorphize / human / persia / indian / doctor / painted / paper / moral / father / fable / iranian / illustration / bidpai / iran / folio / qajar / panchatantra / canopus / Drawing / Mzdrawing

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