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"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
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Ink opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper
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Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran 1913
Title: "The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
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Ink opaque watercolor silver and gold on paper.
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