[EROTICA / CURIOUSA / ISLAMIC LAW]. Original painting, with designs of six animals in which appear multiple orgies
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- India , Early 20th century (?)
India, Early 20th century (?). Very good. Large painting on a manuscript leaf (in Arabic) from the "Sharh al-Wiqayah" by Burhan al-Shariah, Mahmud ibn Ubayd Allah (SEE BELOW), 353 x 216 mm, hinged onto plexiglas mount with clear tape so that the text of the manuscript is visible from the back; matted (matte size: 500 x 360). A remarkable erotic Indian painting of an uncommon type, which we describe as "zoomorphic erotica." The painting depicts a camel within a frame, surrounded by an antilope, a lion, a horse, a gazelle, and a bull; within each animal is a depiction of an orgy comprised of six (or in the case of the camel) seven men and women, all finely rendered by an artist of considerable skill. This is a very high quality piece.
THE MANUSCRIPT on which the painting was applied belongs to a rare text: is an excerpt from the "Sharḥ al-Wiqāyah," a commentary on a work of Hanafi fiqh (law) by Burhān al-Sharīʻah, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUbayd Allāh (d. 1274 or 1275), specifically from the chapter about PREPARING BODIES FOR FUNERALS. We are grateful to Kelly Tuttle for her scholarly generosity in identifying this text, and for dating it to the early 20th century.
MUST BE SEEN TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED.
THE MANUSCRIPT on which the painting was applied belongs to a rare text: is an excerpt from the "Sharḥ al-Wiqāyah," a commentary on a work of Hanafi fiqh (law) by Burhān al-Sharīʻah, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUbayd Allāh (d. 1274 or 1275), specifically from the chapter about PREPARING BODIES FOR FUNERALS. We are grateful to Kelly Tuttle for her scholarly generosity in identifying this text, and for dating it to the early 20th century.
MUST BE SEEN TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED.
Details
Title
[EROTICA / CURIOUSA / ISLAMIC LAW]. Original painting, with designs of six animals in which appear multiple orgies
Author
Anonymous Indian Artist / Burhan al-Shariah, Mahmud ibn Ubayd Allah
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
India
Date
Early 20th century (?)