Jonah (Yunas) and the Whale (Giant Fish), Antique Mughal Manuscript Gouache Painting vintage art sculpture Much aged as evident

Much aged as evident

which makes one feel now as if peeking into a house abandoned long ago

Part of one of his feet has chipped off

With just a tiny bit of greening to the hand-forged copper nails here and there

I find his work consistently compelling

Jonah (Yunas) and the Whale (Giant Fish), Antique Mughal Manuscript Gouache Painting vintage art sculpture Much aged as evidentA wonderful small, antique Islamic manuscript page with gouache illustration of man held in the mouth of a giant fish, I believe representing the story of Jonah (Yunus) and the Whale (or giant fish) which is mentioned in the Qur'an and frequently illustrated in manuscripts. From what I understand, as it appears in the Qur'an, Yunas has fled the city of Nineveh on a ship after failing to convince its people to accept Allah. He boards a ship, and is