Men at Baths, Antique Persian/Ottomon Manuscript Painting with Fantastic Color and Pattern Detail tins pointing to a stash of

pointing to a stash of pennies to use for the parking meters just outside

literally threading the picture together

with the silk still held very taut all the way around

as accurately documented in photos

the pom poms at the bottom

Men at Baths, Antique Persian/Ottomon Manuscript Painting with Fantastic Color and Pattern Detail tins pointing to a stash ofI love a miniature manuscript painting those lush gouaches do it for me every time and a hot bath too, so what delight to find this one this week at a favorite treasure trove in New Hampshire. And what better vehicle for delivering the pure joys of color and pattern than rendering a variety of Middle Eastern ceramic tiles covering every surface here and framing the view, too and then yet more marvelous pattern for the water itself, in which two of the