Seated Official

Date16th Century

MediumOpaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensionsheight with border: 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)
width with border: 7 1/8 in. (18.0 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Charles C. Andrews, Iva Lisikewycz, and the Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Ford II Fund

Object number1991.206

DescriptionTurbanned, bearded official seated on an elaborate three-sided throne with footstool and surrounded by flowering trees. He is clad in an elaborate turban, and a scarlet robe under a short-sleeved blue coat decorated with gold floral scrolls. The figure holds a cloth in his left hand, and, in his right, hugs an elaborately decorated cushion to his breast. Painting framed on three sides by a wide border ornamented in gold with deer, fox, a lion, and goats amid trees and flowers. Condition good, some abrasion and slight paint loss to the face.

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