September 11, 2004

Rasool-Allah for the living room

Never in a million years would I have imagined Prophet Mohammad looking like this. Or does "Rasool-Allah" (Messenger of God) in this case refer to another messenger of God? Muslim saints depicted on popular posters in Iran appear very manly. So it's possible this particular prophet is pre-Islamic. Maybe Daniel? Or Jacob? Moses? The image looks like a rip off from a renaissance painting, or maybe even Rudolph Valentino. We'd have to ask the artist, Khosrow-pour, where he got his inspiration.

The image is on a round sheet of tin about 6 inches in diameter and it has a folding stand in the back with the Qom-Neynava company logo. One can set it on a coffee table in the living room or hang it on the wall in the office. I just saw it tonight at a friend's house. He bought it in Tehran, from the bazaar, I think, last week. I thought.... I MUST show this to you :o)
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Jahanshah Javid

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