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Persian mullah with a bazaar prostitute

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Date

c.1684-1685

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Persian mullah with a bazaar prostitute; single-page painting on an album folio. An open book lies on the mullah's lap, as he looks at the ambivalent lady smoking from a water pipe. The prostitute wears long robes that cover both her hair and body, with painted fingers and feet. She smokes the pipe in one hand, while holding a small cup in the other. Inscribed. Album contains 44 paintings and drawings, mostly of Persian costumes and animals with some drawings by Kaempfer. Ink and opaque watercolour on paper. Album is bound in brown leather with gold gilt decoration. Inside covers have marbled paper.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Location

Iran

Country

Iran

Medium

Watercolour