Calligrapher:

Malik al-Daylami  Search this

Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in)

Type:

Manuscript

Origin:

Iran

Date:

1556-1565

Period:

Safavid period

Description:

Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) second daftar from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto-verso: text; illuminated headings in black, red and blue; gold column dividers; four columns, twenty-one lines of text; one of a group of 304 folios.

Border: The recto and the verso are set in multicolored rulings on a pink ground with gold floral motifs.

Provenance:

To 1946

Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]

From 1946

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930)

Previous custodian or owner:

Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

Topic:

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this

poetry  Search this

nasta'liq script  Search this

illumination  Search this

India  Search this

Haft awrang  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1946.12.54

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3230bc3cd-8de4-4e5c-897a-b76e2ffbfe59

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1946.12.54