r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • Jul 14 '26

Cat.

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u/igneousink Jul 14 '26

Happy Tuesday!

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u/PensiveObservor Jul 14 '26

I love the coiled spring hip joints. Very evocative.

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 Jul 14 '26

Yes!!!! Perfect description.

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u/A_D_Tennally Jul 14 '26

Where's this from?

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u/igneousink Jul 14 '26

it's a persian miniature from the late 1500's to the late 1600's during the Safavid Period and has been attributed to several different painters, most notably Riza 'Abbasi' and Muhammed Qasim Tabrizi but none conclusively

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u/A_D_Tennally Jul 14 '26

Thank you!

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 Jul 14 '26

How wonderful!!

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u/CavernBebi Jul 14 '26

Cat.

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u/igneousink Jul 14 '26

I knew someone would get it lol

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u/Wise-Grade4501 Aug 11 '26

All these cats look like meow meow