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| Keywords: IlkhanidHorseArcher.jpg A Timurid drawing of an Ilkhanid horse archer http //www lacma org/khan/5/6 htm century 15 Muhammad ibn Mahmudshah al-Khayyam Signed lower right Muhammad ibn Mahmudshah al-Khayyam Iran early 15th century Ink and gold on paper Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz Orientabteilung Diez A fol 72 5 13 cat 20 Photo Ellwandt Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Although this drawing postdates the period of Ilkhanid rule and instead belongs to the Timurid dynasty 1370-1507 its subject is not a contemporary one For example the rider's costume including his distinctive owl-feathered headdress was no longer in fashion at the Timurid court although the imagery must have appealed to a Timurid audience given the dynasty's claims to Mongol ancestry The artist Muhammad ibn Mahmudshah al-Khayyam probably based his composition on an Ilkhanid work perhaps preserved in an album These albums which were first assembled in Iran in the fifteenth century contained paintings calligraphy sketches designs and stencils for transferring designs that served as models and source materials for later generations of artists PD-Art Horse archers in art Persian miniatures Ilkhanid art Horses in history Horse archery Cavalry in ancient Asia Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin manuscripts Mongolian archer a | ||||
