"Two Nightingales in a Rose Bush", Double-Sided Illustrated Leaf from an Ottoman Album
'Abdullah Bukhari
ca. 1725–45
Medium
Opaque watercolor with black ink, shell, and leaf gold on paper, with a marbled paper margin
Dimensions
Folio: H. 16 5/16 in. (41.4 cm) W. 11 in. (27.9 cm) Painting: H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm) W. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Ravi and Seran Trehan Gift, in celebration of Turkey’s Centennial, 2023
Accession Number
2023.217