Persian Miniature Painting: Mashrabiyya
A Mashrabiyya is a decorative wooden screen that we commonly see in the miniature art of Khorasan.
Examples:
"A City Dweller Desecrates a Garden"
Origin: From the Haft Awrang of Jami.
"Court Scene in a Garden"
Description: Signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb and dated 1581
"A Prince Entertained"
Notes: Attributed to Abdol'-Aziz
"Solomon and Bilqis Sit Together and Converse Frankly"
Notes: Attributed to Abdollah-e Mozahheb
At the court of Soltan, it was common to depict a little boy at the window.
"A Vision Of Angels"
Origin: From the Haft Awrang of Jami, circa 1560. Attributed here to Shaykh Muhammad.
Detail: "Execution Before a King"
Notes: Attributed to Bihzad.
"Haftvad and the Worm"
Description: Signed "Dust Muhammad painted this," circa 1640.
Compare this Mashrabiyya by Duust Muhammad with that of Bihzad above. In this area, Duust Muhammad exceeded the skill of his teacher.
"Yusuf and the Maidens"
Origin: From the Haft Awrang of Jami circa 1560. Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad.
"Yusuf Gives a Royal Banquet"
Origin: From the Haft Awrang of Jami, circa 1560. Attributed here to Ali Ashgar.
Description: Please note the alignment of the six pointed stars and their relationship to the heavy lines. This is clearly a very different technique than the ones attributed to Abdollah-e Mozahheb, Bihzad, or Shaykh Muhammad above.
Examples:
"A City Dweller Desecrates a Garden"
Origin: From the Haft Awrang of Jami.
"Court Scene in a Garden"
Description: Signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb and dated 1581
"A Prince Entertained"
Notes: Attributed to Abdol'-Aziz
"Solomon and Bilqis Sit Together and Converse Frankly"
Notes: Attributed to Abdollah-e Mozahheb
At the court of Soltan, it was common to depict a little boy at the window.
"A Vision Of Angels"
Origin: From the Haft Awrang of Jami, circa 1560. Attributed here to Shaykh Muhammad.
Detail: "Execution Before a King"
Notes: Attributed to Bihzad.
"Haftvad and the Worm"
Description: Signed "Dust Muhammad painted this," circa 1640.
Compare this Mashrabiyya by Duust Muhammad with that of Bihzad above. In this area, Duust Muhammad exceeded the skill of his teacher.
"Yusuf and the Maidens"
Origin: From the Haft Awrang of Jami circa 1560. Attributed to Shaykh Muhammad.
"Yusuf Gives a Royal Banquet"
Origin: From the Haft Awrang of Jami, circa 1560. Attributed here to Ali Ashgar.
Description: Please note the alignment of the six pointed stars and their relationship to the heavy lines. This is clearly a very different technique than the ones attributed to Abdollah-e Mozahheb, Bihzad, or Shaykh Muhammad above.