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Calligrapher:
Sultan Ali b. Muhammad al-Mashhadi  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 24.2 x 16.5 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Herat, Afghanistan
Date:
first half 16th century
Period:
Timurid and Safavid periods
Description:
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Divan (collected poems) by Amir Nizam al-Din Shaykh Ahmad Suhayli ; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: flyleaf with the name of the scribe and the date; obliterated seals; verso: sarlawh, two columns, seven lines of text.
Border: The text is set in gold, red and blue rulings on an orange colored, gold-sprinkled paper.
Inscriptions:
Flyleaf: "Divan of Suhayli, the writing of Sultan-Ali Mashhadi, large size paper, thirty pieces of borders in dawlatabadi paper, 42 leaves of paper, polychrome and marbleized, gilded with a leather cover...covered in gold, the writing of Sultan-Ali Mashhadi, inspected on the 16th of the month of Jumada II, in the year [A.H.] 1105 [A.D. June 29, 1694]; On 29 Dhu'l-Qa'da in the year [A.H.] 1117 [A.D. April 25, 1705] inspected."
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Topic:
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
Timurid period (1378 - 1506)  Search this
poetry  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  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:
S1986.357
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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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/ye3f98b0cc5-37c3-4808-8df7-36e1bf5a351c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1986.357