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Fantasy and reality

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  • Fig: palace interior, door - Photo by Elena Paskaleva
  • Fig: palace interior, wall - Photo by Elena Paskaleva
  • Fig: palace interior, floral detail - Photo by Elena Paskaleva
  • Fig: palace interior, detail - Photo by Elena Paskaleva
  • Fig: palace interior - Photo by Elena Paskaleva
  • Fig: palace exterior - Photo by Elena Paskaleva
  • Fig: palace interior, inscription - Photo by Elena Paskaleva

Bihzad’s palace is a wonderful mixture of the imaginary and the real: a palace such as this one probably never existed, but the material legacy preserved from the Timurid period demonstrates the parallels between the actual architectural structures and its painted counterpart on paper.