Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 42 x 32.5 cm (16 9/16 x 12 13/16 in)

Type:

Manuscript

Origin:

Herat, Historic Iran, present-day Afghanistan

Date:

1426 (829 A.H.)

Period:

Timurid period

Description:

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Majma' al-tawarikh (Compendium of history) by Hafiz Abru; text: Persian in black and red nasta'liq script; recto: text and illustration: The Birth of the prophet Muhammad, 18 lines; verso: text: 33 lines.

Border: The text and the painting are set in red and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.

Provenance:

To 1969

Robert Lehman (1891-1969), to 1969 [1]

From 1969

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lehman Collection, New York City, bequeathed by Robert Lehman, from 1969 [2]

To 2005

Sam Fogg, Ltd., London, to 2005

From 2005

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Sam Fogg, Ltd. in 2005

Notes:

[1] According to the seller, March 8, 2005 (see Provenance Remark 1 in the object record).

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Robert Lehman (1891-1969)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sam Fogg, Ltd. (established 1986)

Topic:

Islam  Search this

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Timurid period (1378 - 1506)  Search this

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Afghanistan  Search this

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Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

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Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F2005.5

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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