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Source Description
This illustration from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts the story told to Bahram Gur by the princess of the yellow pavilion. It is a tale of a woman who foolishly implicates her husband, a goldsmith, in a crime against the king. He is thus imprisoned in a high tower. He decides to trick his dim-witted wife so that she will exchange places with him. The image shows how the goldsmith lowers himself down and his wife up to the tower.
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Document identity
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14629
label
The Story of the Goldsmith's Foolish Wife as Told by the Princess of the Yellow Pavilion
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Source metadata
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14629
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object
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normalized
title
The Story of the Goldsmith's Foolish Wife as Told by the Princess of the Yellow Pavilion
description
This illustration from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts the story told to Bahram Gur by the princess of the yellow pavilion. It is a tale of a woman who foolishly implicates her husband, a goldsmith, in a crime against the king. He is thus imprisoned in a high tower. He decides to trick his dim-witted wife so that she will exchange places with him. The image shows how the goldsmith lowers himself down and his wife up to the tower.
provenance
Muhammad Zaki, 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 [mode of acquisition unknown] [oval seal, fols. 1a, 211a]; 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi', 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 [mode of acquisition unknown] [rectangular seal fols. 1a, 211a]; Muhammad 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [large oval seal with no date on fol. 211a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1597-1598 (Mughal)
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28.5
height
19
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
style
Mughal
dynasty
Mughal Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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7404
7405
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MSS
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MIS
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2664
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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