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A small brown songbird sings from an arching rose stem with red and pink roses, buds and thorny leaves, on an ivory ground with gold tracery.
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Bird of Paradise

Nightingale

No. 40 of 100 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA small brown songbird sings from an arching rose stem with red and pink roses, buds and thorny leaves, on an ivory ground with gold tracery.

What it meansThe nightingale singing to the rose, bulbul and gul, is the most famous pairing in Persian poetry, an image of the lover and the beloved.

Where it worksA tender piece for a bedroom, a reading corner or a gift.

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All 100 prints
Two nightingales perch on a fountain of arching rose stems with red, pink and white roses, on a midnight ground scattered with gold.Rose BowerNo. 41
Two turtle doves with barred necks and scaled wings face each other, beaks almost touching, on a branch of white almond blossom on a deep rose ground.Turtle DovesNo. 42
A single crested songbird rests on a slender branch with three leaves and a rose bud, in a wide saffron space with a light gold tracery.SongbirdNo. 43
A cobalt bird with banded plumes dives steeply towards a tall rose and saffron lotus, among fine gold scrolls and small blossoms.DescentNo. 44
A saffron and turquoise bird rises straight up through a lapis sky flecked with gold, its plumes streaming below it over lotus and tulips.AscentNo. 45
A cobalt and rose bird glides level across a pale rose ground with its wings swept back and five long plumes streaming behind.GlideNo. 46
A turquoise and saffron bird lands on a branch of almond blossom with its wings raised and legs reaching for the twig, its plumes trailing below.AlightingNo. 47
A turquoise bird banks round in a circle so that its four long plumes curve all the way round a small rosette, on a saffron ground.TurningNo. 48

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