H x W (overall): 32.3 x 20.7 cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/8 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
Iran
Date:
1541-42 (948 A.H.)
Period:
Safavid period
Description:
Detached album folio; Page of calligraphy; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; two couplets from the Divan of Jami; corners embellished with triangular illuminated panels.
Border: The text is set in gold, black and white rulings with a gold-sprinkled inner frame, mounted on a paperboard with stenciled birds and floral motifs.
Inscriptions:
"In the year [A.H.] 948 [A.D. 1541-1542]."
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Exhibition History:
Permanent Gallery Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 11/2006-11/2009 (November 2006 to November 2009)
Queensland Art Gallery permanent gallery (November, 2006 to November, 2009)
Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran (December 16, 2001 to May 5, 2004)
Variations on a Script: Islamic Calligraphy from the Vever Collection (February 18 to September 16, 1990)