'A Nighttime Gathering', Folio from the Davis Album, dated 1664–65, Made in Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), Codices, Painting by Muhammad Zaman (active 1649–1700), According to new research this painting by the late Safavid artist Muhammad Zaman depicts a comet streaking across the sky while two scholars and their Indian attendants confer by candlelight. Signed and dated 'the year 7', this work may have been executed in the seventh regnal year of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (r
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Nighttime Gathering, Folio, Davis Album, dated 1664–65, Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, Page, H, 13 1/8, 33.3 cm, Codices, Painting by Muhammad Zaman, active, 1649–1700, According, new research, painting, late Safavid artist, Muhammad, Zaman, depicts, comet streaking, across, sky, two scholars, Indian attendants, confer, candlelight, Signed, dated, year 7, work, executed, seventh regnal, year, Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb, r
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