Painting of ʿAbdullah Khan Uzbek II slicing melons while seated, cross-legged. No text. Opaque watercolour on paper.
School/style
Bukhara School
Culture/period
Shaybanid dynasty
Date
1590 (circa)
Production place
Made in: Bukhara
Materials
paper
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Width: 19.7 centimetres (sheet)
Height: 32.6 centimetres (sheet)
Height: 14.1 centimetres (image)
Width: 11.4 centimetres (image)
Curator's comments
Inscribed with the name of the sitter, this portrait depicts Abdullah Khan in a private, domestic role rather than as the conqueror of Herat and Khurasan and ruler of Transoxiana. Abdullah Khan's bulbous turban and ample belly echo the rounded forms of the melons.
It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
It is a posthumous work and 70 years have passed since the date of its publication
It is another kind of work, and 70 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
It is one of "official documents (laws, resolutions, decisions, and etc.), as well as their formal translations; official symbols and marks (flags, emblems, orders, banknotes, and etc.); works of popular art"