Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Yusuf-u- Zulaikha by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: Floral designs, 2 columns, 14 lines; verso: Animals and birds in landscape, 2 columns, 14 lines, one of a group of 13 folios.
Border: The recto is set in gold, red and blue rulings on a paper with gold floral motifs, silhouetted against a blue background. The verso is set in gold, red and blue rulings on a paper with animal, bird, and landscape motifs, silhouetted against a blue background.
Provenance:
To 1936
Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [1]
From 1936
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [2]