Folio from the Yusuf u Zulaykha from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto-verso: text; illuminated headings in red, black 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 blue ground with gold floral motifs. 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. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930) Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
Authors
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Dates
- Safavid period
- Format
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- F1946.12.86
- Rights
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/e31972884633c81a7c8e08673b39ad65