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Painting; detached from album. Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, reclines besides a meandering stream while holding a love letter that the hoopoe, perched in a bush at her feet, will deliver to her beloved, King Solomon. Sheba wears a beautifully ornamented dress printed with animal and human faces interwoven with arabesque designs. A single tree and bush frame her on either side, while two flowering plants appear above. No inscription. Painted in opaque watercolour and ink on paper.

Safavid dynasty, Iran, 1590-1600 (circa)

The British Museum