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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kashmir (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, illustration to the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha, Yusuf and Zulaikha seated on a carpet, with two attendants standing beside them. A flowering tree appears in an engrailed doorway behind.

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Categories	Paintings Religion Myths & Legends Islam Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Opaque Watercolour Gold Paper Paint Painting
Brief description	Painting, Yusuf seated with Zulaikha, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Kashmir, early 19th century
Physical description	Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, illustration to the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha, Yusuf and Zulaikha seated on a carpet, with two attendants standing beside them. A flowering tree appears in an engrailed doorway behind.
Dimensions	Page height: 165mm Page width: 90mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 80mm (approx.) Image within innermost painted borders width: 63mm (approx.) 17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description	Yusuf and Zulaikha seated on a carpet, with two attendants standing beside them.
Style	Kashmiri
Credit line	Given by Mr. Herbert C. Percy, 1980.
Historical context	The story of Joseph(Yusuf) is combined in the traditions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. The version in the Qur'an emphasizes Joseph's purity and his refusal to be defiled by temptations of the driving passion of a woman like Zulaikha, wife of the Nazir, and her female companions.
Subjects depicted	Carpet Lovers Servants Yusuf Zulaikha
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.44-1980

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Record created	November 29, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O71080/painting-unknown/

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