Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Tiles from Iran 1800-1900: Yusuf and Zulaikha
This story is written in both the Old Testament and the Qur'an; the Old Testament story is of Joseph and Potiphar's wife.In this part of the story Yusuf appears before the women of Memphis. Overcome by his beauty, they faint or cut themselves with the knives they hold in their hands.

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

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