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The four friends, folio from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli), a reworking of the animal fables Kalila and Dimna (Kalila wa Dimna), composed by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi.
The crow, the mouse and the tortoise meet with the deer, and the four establish a friendship.
This folio is from a copy of a highly-regarded Persian text, written by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi (d.1504-05), a preacher and scholar at the Timurid court in Herat (modern Afghanistan). His patron was Amir Shaykh Suhayli, whose last name is punningly inserted into the new title. Writing in a sophisticated court style, Kashifi composed an updated version of these lively animal fables, which have a long transmission history going back to Persian, Arabic and supposedly Sanskrit texts. This manuscript was made in Mughal India, and features 96 paintings (mounted separately).
Detached folio, ink, gold and colours on paper, from partial copy of Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi (d.1504-5), Persian text with painting (on verso), inscribed Shyam, Agra, India, c. 1595-1600.
The four friends, from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi
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Indian collection
Persian (language)
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Approved Place 2018/Asia/South Asia/India/Agra
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1595-1600
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198 mm x 131 mm (height x width)
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