Watercolor and gouache
"The Caravan of the Magi"
signed Louis Bailly
(France, early 20th c.)
Magos Foundation Collection
MELCHIOR KING OF PERSIA
CROSSES THE PARTHIAN EMPIRE
Riding on the Bassours, a kind of palanquin mounted on camels, Melchior of Persia and his large escort take the Silk Road through Babylon and then along the Euphrates to reach the gates of the Roman Empire in the East.