Jump to content

File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 0979 fol 30b CROP.jpg

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (684 × 1,091 pixels, file size: 260 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Object

The Queen of the peris in Paradise  wikidata:Q113016572 reasonator:Q113016572
Artist
Unknown authorUnknown author Edit this at Wikidata
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Queen of the peris in Paradise
label QS:Len,"The Queen of the peris in Paradise"
Part of Falnamah ('Book of Divination') Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The Queen of the peris in Paradise ‘The picture of the Garden of Paradise, and the Queen of the Fairies on her throne, being joyous and merry’. This Falnamah ('Book of Divination') is one of the few complete — or near complete — copies of the work to have survived. It consists of a series of 35 double-page openings, each with a large min ... See full description on web site.
Depicted people Peri Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1610-30
Medium ink, opaque watercolour, gold and silver on paper; 19th-century Indian binding of green leather with gold-tooled frames in a European manner
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
Accession number
Place of creation India, the Deccan, probably Golconda
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-falnamah-mss979/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata
Other versions

Photograph

Description Queen of the Peris (Fairies) on her throne in Paradise
Source Cropped from File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 0979 fol 30b.jpg
Author Khalili Collections

Licensing

As part of its programme of cultural philanthropy, the Khalili Foundation has shared images from the eight Khalili Collections. These objects come from many different cultures and time periods, and some have a profound cultural and religious significance. Please use this material responsibly, showing respect to the cultures to which these objects are precious.

Captions

Queen of the Peris (Fairies) on her throne

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg

e3e9b24d8211708e98294c6ecdc5fc78b3885dd9

266,111 byte

1,091 pixel

684 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:26, 25 September 2023Thumbnail for version as of 15:26, 25 September 2023684 × 1,091 (260 KB)MartinPoulter (KC WIR)Uploaded a work by Khalili Collections from Cropped from File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 0979 fol 30b.jpg with UploadWizard

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata