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Portrait of a Sufi Saint
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The painting depicts a Sufi Muslim saint. The green halo with golden rays emanating that surrounds his head denotes his divine status. He carries a staff in one hand and a flywhisk in the other. His turban features a large red cap, which signifies an affiliation to Shi‘i Islam and originated under the Safavids of Iran. The saint wears a richly-decorated pair of paduka, a type of Indian sandal.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
Title: Portrait of a Sufi Saint
Description:
The painting depicts a Sufi Muslim saint.
The green halo with golden rays emanating that surrounds his head denotes his divine status.
He carries a staff in one hand and a flywhisk in the other.
His turban features a large red cap, which signifies an affiliation to Shi‘i Islam and originated under the Safavids of Iran.
The saint wears a richly-decorated pair of paduka, a type of Indian sandal.
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