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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Som&#039;yol, post: 224398, member: 4374&quot;]Hey all. It is clear that the paintings and manuscripts are different, however, it does seem to me, by quality and style, that the drawings were done by someone with some considerable training in the persian tradition. Not so say that a vendor could not obtain this, but there are two parts of these pieces that indicate they are not common kitsch, perhaps even that they are <i>uncommon </i>kitsch. First is the quality of the base, which seem to be some weird courtly form of farsi from the people i&#039;ve consulted, not just a piece of cardboard; the second manuscript also has particularly fine parchment. Second is the decay of the second manuscript (the polo riders), which makes it seem that they are of some age. Therefore I am interested as to whether or not these are contemporary palimpsests; for instance a artist in the 17th century wanted to practice and picked up the nearest sheet of paper. However, to confirm this, I would need to know what is on the document. Thus I am more interested at the moment in finding out the nature of the writings. Do any of you have any contacts I may be able to communicate with online to figure this out?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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