Persian miniature of battle scene (calligraphy on reverse)
Date17th century
MakerNorthern
Iranian
Label TextThis battle scene, taken from a volume of epic or historic tales, sweeps the viewer's eye from right to left across the page. From the act of a soldier beheading his enemy to the reaction of his fellow warrior in the foreground, the call and response of troops and the undulations of the landscape, even to the flowing of the flags that spill from the frame into the margins-the composition "reads" from right to left, just as Arabic and Persian texts are read.
Object number96.29
Credit LineGift of Catherine and Ralph Benkaim
Dimensions11 x 6 1/4 in. (27.94 x 15.88 cm)
MediumOpaque watercolor, ink, silver and gold on paper
Indian
late 16th century
Object number: 45.69
Mukhlis and Madhva Khurd
ca. 1570
Object number: 68.160
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