Chinese lion and kylin combat

İsim	Chinese lion and kylin combat
Basım Tarihi:	1650-1700
Tür	Belge
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	302 mm x 188 mm (height x width)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	Per 240.5
Lokasyon	Persian collection
Tarih	1650-1700
Notlar	Chinese lion and kylin combat. In a writhing tangle of limbs, two creatures fight each other, with golden flames rippling from their bodies. They are supernatural beasts borrowed from Chinese mythology. Real animal fights were part of public entertainment in the grand square (maydan) of Safavid Isfahan, but there is a longer art history to this sort of image. Writing in the late 1590s, the chief court artist Sadiqi Beg Afshar (died 1610) praised animal combat designs as the best way to show an artist’s skill. He urged younger artists to aim for a powerful and original composition. Every limb must be engaged in the fight, in the ‘give and take’ (giroft-o-gir) of the struggle. Album folio, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, painting of Chinese-style mythical lion fighting a kylin, with illuminated corners, within ruled borders on gold-flecked dark blue frame, all mounted on dark blue card album page with gold-painted foliate scrollwork, blank blue card verso, painting unsigned, Isfahan, Iran, c. 1650-1700.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)

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Chinese lion and kylin combat

Basım Tarihi 1650-1700

Tür Belge

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 302 mm x 188 mm (height x width)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası Per 240.5

Lokasyon Persian collection

Tarih 1650-1700

Notlar Chinese lion and kylin combat. In a writhing tangle of limbs, two creatures fight each other, with golden flames rippling from their bodies. They are supernatural beasts borrowed from Chinese mythology. Real animal fights were part of public entertainment in the grand square (maydan) of Safavid Isfahan, but there is a longer art history to this sort of image. Writing in the late 1590s, the chief court artist Sadiqi Beg Afshar (died 1610) praised animal combat designs as the best way to show an artist’s skill. He urged younger artists to aim for a powerful and original composition. Every limb must be engaged in the fight, in the ‘give and take’ (giroft-o-gir) of the struggle. Album folio, colours and gold on paper, mounted on card, painting of Chinese-style mythical lion fighting a kylin, with illuminated corners, within ruled borders on gold-flecked dark blue frame, all mounted on dark blue card album page with gold-painted foliate scrollwork, blank blue card verso, painting unsigned, Isfahan, Iran, c. 1650-1700.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Album)