This silk painting is a copy of
a Turkish miniature painting of the Ottoman Empire, 14th-17th centuries,
(Topkapi Museum, Istanbul, Turkey) depicting a sultan attending a festival
with dancing boys in girls clothes. In traditional Islamic art figures
were very stylized, symbolism being favored over realism.
Sultan Attending Festival,c Hatouf Hijazi Tabbaa,
1998
$2083.oo
61.5 x 45 cm
(measurement includes frame but paintings must be shipped unframed
for their protection)