Calligrapher:

Mir Ali Haravi (died ca. 1550)  Search this

Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in)

Type:

Manuscript

Origin:

Iran (calligraphy); India (borders)

Date:

ca. 1640-1650

Description:

Page of calligraphy from the late Shah Jahan Album; two poems and a couplet from the Divan of AmirShahi; right-hand half of a double-page composition; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; two columns; twelve lines of text; signed by Mir Ali Katib.

Border: The text is set in gold and green rulings in a pink and turquoise inner frame with gold, floral and leaf scroll, and a gold outer frame, mounted on a brown-colored paperboard with floral cartouches. The text is embellished with horizontal illuminated rectangles and column dividers.

Inscriptions:

Bottom page cartouche, “sinful Mir Ali katib, may God forgive him."

Collection:

Arthur M. Sackler Collection

Exhibition History:

Nasta’liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy (Saturday, September 13, 2014 - Sunday, May 03, 2015)

Variations on a Script: Islamic Calligraphy from the Vever Collection (February 18 to September 16, 1990)

A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)

Topic:

poetry  Search this

illumination  Search this

Iran  Search this

India  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this

Henri Vever collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

Accession Number:

S1986.92

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39c6b4b98-e3f8-4c81-baca-b8ca61a95c48

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S1986.92