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Tile Panel
Reciting Poetry in a Garden
A Group of Mosaic Tilework Fragments
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 462
At the center of this scene, a lady leans on a bolster pillow and languidly holds out a filled cup. Making somewhat immodest eye contact with the viewer, she displays burn marks, associated with mystics and lovers, on her lower arms. A male figure in European dress and hat, perhaps a merchant, kneels before her. The other figures offer refreshments and conversation.
From a palace pavilion built by Shah Abbas (1583–1627) on the garden avenue of the Chahar Bagh at Isfahan[ Louis Chardon, New York, until 1903; sold to MMA]
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