Artist: Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610). Author: Farid al-Din `Attar (ca. 1142–1220). Title: “The Concourse of the Birds“, Folio 1...

May 22, 2022Louis Cartier was an obsessive collector. A grandson of the eponymous house’s founder, Louis had interests in areas as diverse as Japanese inro and rare books. He regularly made excursions to the esteemed antiquities dealer Kalebdjian Frères, which was conveniently located across the street from the Cartier flagship at 13 rue de la […]

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The Persian miniature is a small paper painting from Persia (modern-day Iran) – usually meant to be kept within an album called muraqqa – that reached its peak between 13th and 16th cen…

ca. 1730. Mughal miniature from Nizami’s famous romance about Khusraw and Shirin written in Iran in the 12th C. Painted in Hyderabad, a state that was created in the Deccan india when the Mughal Empire had begun to disintegrate. The man is in persian garb while the woman wears Indian attire.