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A richly detailed Persian or Islamic manuscript illumination depicts a celestial garden scene with a crowned figure seated upon an ornate throne in the upper left, surrounded by attendants, flowering plants, and architectural elements rendered in jewel-toned blues, golds, reds, and greens. The composition layers multiple narrative moments across the page, with figures engaged in various activities, while birds and botanical motifs populate the blue sky and verdant garden spaces, all contained within nested frames of burnished gold leaf. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.