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

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

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