[Manuscript] This page is from an album distinguished by its elaborate margins. It shows the pursuit of courtly pleasures at the top. At the bottom, a skirmish between warriors is underway. At right center, two lovers huddle, clasping each other.

The manuscript page is part of the Vever Collection. Henri Vever was a celebrated jeweler in turn-of-the-century Paris and became one of the foremost European collectors of Islamic art. The works he collected now form the Vever Collection in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler.

A Pair of Lovers, manuscript page from the Vignier Album, Iran, probably A.D. 1590-1610, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

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