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Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso)

Riza-yi Abbasi

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book. Left page: beige background with a rectangular border containing black calligraphy and blue and orange geometric designs. Right page: illustration of a man in an orange robe sitting cross-legged under a tree with a white object beside him; background includes blue, green and gold colors.

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900 × 673 px
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