Keris Sheikh Ahmad Qomi

Nathaniel · 4th May 2012, 04:23 AM

And this cabinet was also featured in the "The Kingdom of Siam,” Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, February through May, 2005.

The article goes on to show that there has been quite a bit of academic thought into who the two figures on the cabinet might be/ represent!!!!

http://www-laep.ced.berkeley.edu/~xi.../France-R.html

This is what is said about the cabinet on this webpage, just in case it's deleted in the future:

60. Cabinet decorated with a European and an Indian or Persian, perhaps the French king Louis XIV and the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, approx. 1650–1750; lacquered and gilded wood

This cabinet has conventionally been thought to represent King Louis XIV (reigned 1643–1715) and Emperor Aurangzeb (reigned 1658–1707), and to date from the reign of King Narai (1656–1688), who exchanged ambassadors with both. Examples of such portraits, or engravings of them, are known to have been in Siam in the 1680s. It has recently been suggested that the figure on the right could be Shah Sulaiman of Persia (reigned 1666–1694) rather than Aurangzeb. For a detailed discussion of the possible identifications of the two main figures, are below.

National Museum, Bangkok, 115 (T. 101)

4th May 2012, 04:23 AM	#14
Nathaniel Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 865	And this cabinet was also featured in the "The Kingdom of Siam,” Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, February through May, 2005. The article goes on to show that there has been quite a bit of academic thought into who the two figures on the cabinet might be/ represent!!!! http://www-laep.ced.berkeley.edu/~xi.../France-R.html This is what is said about the cabinet on this webpage, just in case it's deleted in the future: 60. Cabinet decorated with a European and an Indian or Persian, perhaps the French king Louis XIV and the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, approx. 1650–1750; lacquered and gilded wood This cabinet has conventionally been thought to represent King Louis XIV (reigned 1643–1715) and Emperor Aurangzeb (reigned 1658–1707), and to date from the reign of King Narai (1656–1688), who exchanged ambassadors with both. Examples of such portraits, or engravings of them, are known to have been in Siam in the 1680s. It has recently been suggested that the figure on the right could be Shah Sulaiman of Persia (reigned 1666–1694) rather than Aurangzeb. For a detailed discussion of the possible identifications of the two main figures, are below. National Museum, Bangkok, 115 (T. 101) Attached Images