YUSUF BEING CHASED BY ZULEYKHA AND HER MAIDENS IN A GARDEN
Possibly Murshidabad, West Bengal, Eastern India, ca. 1780 - 1820

YUSUF BEING CHASED BY ZULEYKHA AND HER MAIDENS IN A GARDEN
Possibly Murshidabad, West Bengal, Eastern India, ca. 1780 - 1820

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, the vertical-format, miniature-like composition depicting a densely populated gathering in a palatial garden featuring the Islamic Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) with a large flaming halo being chased and pulled by Zuleykha and her maidens, a beloved theme in Medieval Persian poetry later translated in Bengali, Punjabi and Urdu as well, more attendants joining the scene from the verdant bushes below the group, a young man clad in a long pink jama outfit standing in front of a boat on the shore of a pond in the foreground, the profile of a white fortified wall and erected pavilion dominating the background, set within concentric polychrome rules, mounted, glazed, and framed, 42.5cm x 31.4cm including the frame.

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Dimensions: 42.5cm x 31.4cm including the frame