Mantiq-al-Tayr (The Language of the Birds); The Beggar who Professed his Love for a Prince

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Period: Timurid
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States Inventory #:63.210.28
Location Note: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Material: Opaque watercolors, silver, and gold on paper
Date: 1486–87
Inscription: Definition: Persian Location: Upper right; on frieze of palace; word "waqf" in ink beneath the throne.; Inscribed & dated; seal of Shah Abbas upper right; word "waqf."
Vendor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Description: Recto
Vendor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Alternate Cat. #: DT2757
Rights: Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art