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"Khusrau and Shirin Conversing in Landscape at Night", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
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Ink opaque watercolor and gold on unpolished paper
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Wendy Findlay 1982
Title: "Khusrau and Shirin Conversing in Landscape at Night", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
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Ink opaque watercolor and gold on unpolished paper.
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