'Coffin of Imam 'Ali', Folio from a Falnama (The Book of Omens) of Ja'far al-Sadiq, mid-1550s–early 1560s, Attributed to Iran, Qazvin, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 22 5/16 in. (56.7 cm), Codices, This folio is from a manuscript of the Falnama (Book of Omens), an illustrated divinatory book. It depicts 'Ali, the first Shi'i imam, shown with a face veil and a flaming halo. He leads a camel with a coffin while two other men, his sons Hasan and Husain, watch from behind a hillside
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Coffin, Imam, Ali, Folio, Falnama, Book, Omens, Ja'far al-Sadiq, mid-1550s–early 1560s, Attributed, Iran, Qazvin, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, Painting, H, 22 5/16, 56.7 cm, Codices, folio, manuscript, illustrated divinatory, book, depicts, first Shi, imam, shown, face veil, flaming halo, leads, camel, coffin, two, men, sons Hasan, Husain, watch, hillside
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