Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Yusuf-u-Zulaikha by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text, a lion, a simurgh and birds in landscape, 2 columns, 14 lines; verso: text, grape vine and bird motifs, 2 columns, 14 lines; one of a group of 13 folios.
Border: The recto is set in gold rulings on a paper with lion, phoenix, bird and landscape motifs. The verso is set in gold rulings on a paper with grape vine and bird motifs.
Provenance:
To ?
Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945), Berlin. [1]
To 1937
Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [2]
From 1937
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [3]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
[2] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[3] See note 2.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)
