Textile Depicting a Scene from Nizama's Khamsa 16th-17th century The imagery seen on this exquisitely woven cloth suggests the theme of love. The romance of King Khusrau and Princess Shirin, immortalized by the poet Nizami, is illustrated here, with the princess shown on horseback and the sculptor Farhad, hopelessly in love with Shirin, hacking a cleft in the mountain with his axe to bring his beloved a refreshing drink. Interspersed vertically and horizontally with these and other pictorial elements are cartouches filled with verses of unidentified authorship:The splendor of your figure comes from beautyIt has given life to this outer cloakThere has never been a garment of such beautyOne might say it has been woven from the threads of your soul.. Textile Depicting a Scene from Nizama's Khamsa 450724

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Textile Depicting a Scene from Nizama's Khamsa 16th-17th century The imagery seen on this exquisitely woven cloth suggests the theme of love. The romance of King Khusrau and Princess Shirin, immortalized by the poet Nizami, is illustrated here, with the princess shown on horseback and the sculptor Farhad, hopelessly in love with Shirin, hacking a cleft in the mountain with his axe to bring his beloved a refreshing drink. Interspersed vertically and horizontally with these and other pictorial elements are cartouches filled with verses of unidentified authorship:The splendor of your figure comes from beautyIt has given life to this outer cloakThere has never been a garment of such beautyOne might say it has been woven from the threads of your soul.. Textile Depicting a Scene from Nizama's Khamsa 450724

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