album;
painting
- Museum number
- 1986,0625,0.1.4
- Description
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Page from an album of watercolour paintings; painting on recto of the Silahdar Aga, swordbearer to the Sultan, and verso blank. Figure wears a high hat with a wide gold band and high red crown with red cloth trailing behind. He has a curling sideburns. His long crimson robe is drawn at the waist with a yellow sash and covered with a sleeveless white ankle-length cloak lined with yellow. He wears heelless yellow shoes and no leggings. He stands on a strip of light green ground and the shadow is cast to the right.
See 1986,0625,0.1 for description of album.
- Production date
- 18thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 14.70 centimetres (Folio)
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Height: 14.70 centimetres (Manuscript)
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Thickness: 3.20 centimetres (Manuscript)
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Width: 9.80 centimetres (Folio)
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Width: 10 centimetres (Manuscript)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The album consists of depictions of buildings, figures and exotic animals in Istanbul; including scenes of punishment. Several pages inscribed. Many pages marbled, others bearing imprint of missing leaves with découpage (?). Although register says 'stencils', the lack of sharpness, suggestion of oil around the flowers and stalks, and identical design on recto and verso suggest that these pages are offsets, not stencils. Leather binding with sunk, gilded, stamped and tooled decoration. Red leather binding with Chinese cloud bands and decoration in gold and black. Cover design has cloud corners and ogival medallion at centre, flanked above and below by escutcheons. Many pages were removed prior to acquisition.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Acquisition notes
- funds from Central Reserve
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1986,0625,0.1.4