Composite qet-e bandi composition, Safavid and Qâjâr Iran, 17th-19th centuries Collage combining elements from different periods: panels illuminated in gold and polychrome, fragments of text columns from a poetic manuscript and illustrations painted in gouache and gold, animated by pairs of characters and dominated by the central figures of Yusuf and Zuleikha. Mounted as an album page on gold-painted cardboard featuring animal and plant motifs on a blue background, with a floral border on a beige background. Collage size: 17 x 7.2 cm; overall size: 23.7 x 16.5 cm A few stains and folds, a repair in the margin, small repaints.