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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN KNEELING, HOLDING A CUP OF WINE
Persian miniature, Ispahan school, 1663?
British Museum, London
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'Drink, drink of this wine that grants eternal life;
drink, for it is the source of all youth’s pleasures:
it burns like fire, but, like the water of life,
it dissolves sorrow. Drink of it.'
Omar Khayyâm, Rubaïyat (quatrain 196)
Young man kneeling, holding a cup (presumbed to be wine) with a goblet placed on the floor. Man wears a turban with plumes, possibly indicating his royal lineage (From British Museum).
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