Description
A whole small hide painted with a scroll of calligraphy, featuring roses at the corner. The hide retains its natural outline, with a scroll painted in peach and ivory. Arabic script runs across the scroll in a large sweeping hand, interspersed with rows of finer writing.
A purple shadow and sprays of green leaves frame the scroll, while roses and small blue flowers cluster at the lower right corner. The leather has a fine pebbled grain visible through the paint, especially noticeable in the close-up of the rose. The text remains unread, leaving its message a mystery, like a message in a bottle adrift in the lake wind.
