Jonah (Yunas) and the Whale (Giant Fish), Antique Mughal Manuscript Gouache Painting vintage art sculpture Its owner had quite a

Its owner had quite a collection of interesting artworks and objects from around the world (to say nothing of his extraordinary collection of books

which makes one feel now as if peeking into a house abandoned long ago

With just a tiny bit of greening to the hand-forged copper nails here and there

I take for a Native American of the Pacific Northwest

And happily an endless supply of origami papers at hand

Jonah (Yunas) and the Whale (Giant Fish), Antique Mughal Manuscript Gouache Painting vintage art sculpture Its owner had quite aA wonderful small, antique Islamic manuscript page with gouache illustration of man held in the mouth of a giant fish, I believe representing the story of Jonah (Yunus) and the Whale (or giant fish) which is mentioned in the Qur'an and frequently illustrated in manuscripts. From what I understand, as it appears in the Qur'an, Yunas has fled the city of Nineveh on a ship after failing to convince its people to accept Allah. He boards a ship, and is