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THE SITTING WOMAN
17th century
Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran
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"Give me this ruby wine, the colour of tulips;
pour from the throat of the flask the pure blood it contains,
for today I hardly see – beyond the cup of wine –
any other friend so pure within."
Omar Khayyam, The Rubaiyat (quatrain 427)
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