Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
    LONELINESS (2)

Maybe loneliness
Is a wounded bird with a single wing
That can’t return home.
Front flyleaf ia flap closed detail  Illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the first collection of poetry (Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W640 (click to enlarge)
Lacquer binding Label: This Safavid lacquer binding is decorated with hunting scenes and landscape motifs. It is attributable to the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE or eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the first collection of poetry (Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W640/description.html
Front flyleaf ia flap closed  Illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the first collection of poetry (Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W640
Safavid Garden Carpet The carpet, named the “Wagner” Garden Carpet after a German collector, is said to be reminiscent of the royal gardens in Isfahan. It is filled with fruit trees, leopards, gazelles, and even pigeons and butterflies, but it is definitely not portable. Its size is immense: 5.5 meters by 4.3 meters. here
A Safavid Blue and White Bottle, Persia, 17th Century.
A FINE AND RARE SAFAVID SILK TEXTILE FRAGMENT, PERSIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY here
Safavid art Leather Binding-1500/1550 http://www.dia.org/object-info/a01cd63f-ea41-45f6-b721-299664b388a3.aspx
Safavid art English: Tile with young man. Earthenware, painted on slip and under transparent glaze. Northwestern Iran, Kubacha ware, 17th century. Français : Carreau au jeune homme, Kubatcha, XVIIe siècle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_art Flower Trellis Iran (Safavid), 17th century
Once again… Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; verso: Bahram Gur and the Indian princess in the black pavilion; recto: text 1548 Safavid period Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper H: 31.1 W: 19.7 cm Shiraz, Iran http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/zoomObject.cfm?ObjectId=4383
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