Folio from a Guy u Chawgan (The ball and the polo-mallet) by Arifi (d.1449); recto: text; verso: A polo game: the dervish and the shah on the polo field
Bound folio within the manuscript: Guy u Chawgan (The ball and the polo-mallet); recto: text; verso: A polo game, the dervish and the shah on the polo field; folios: F1935.19 and F1935.20 are parts of the manuscript (F1935.18) which have been accessioned separately.
Border: The painting is set in red and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.
Provenance:
To 1935
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]
From 1935
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Special Exhibition (February 9, 1954 to April 20, 1954)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Paintings (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)