File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 0979 fol 2b.jpg
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Khidr giving cups of the water of immortality to the inhabitants of Paradise
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| Title |
Khidr giving cups of the water of immortality to the inhabitants of Paradise |
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| Part of |
Falnamah ('Book of Divination')  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Description |
English: Khidr giving cups of the water of immortality to the inhabitants of Paradise
‘The picture of Paradise and the pool of Kawthar, where his Holiness (i.e. Khidr), the cup-bearer, fills up the cups with water and gives them to the inhabitants of Paradise’. 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. |
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| Depicted people |
Khidr |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
MSS 979 Folio 2b (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) |
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| Place of creation | India, the Deccan, probably Golconda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-falnamah-mss979/ (English) |
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Photograph
| Description | Falnamah ('Book of Divination') |
| Source | Khalili Collections |
| Author | Khalili Collections |
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