A climate in which science, art, and culture flourished in the Golden Age of Islam and the conditions that foretold the Age’s ...

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Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles Antal Persian was an artist who was born in 1842.

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Image Reminiscent of Turkish or Persian art, the fiddle’s decorations remain something of a mystery.Credit...Kieran Dodds for The New York Times Today, the instrument is among the most popular ...

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