Folio from an illustrated manuscript
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar|Habiballah of Sava
Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur|Iranian, active ca. 1590–1610
Farid al-Din `Attar|Habiballah
ca. 1600
Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Fletcher Fund, 1963
Cranes|Ducks|Poetry|Men|Persian|Peacocks|Roosters