cover image: Detached album folio: verso: seated Indian youth; recto: text

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Detached album folio: verso: seated Indian youth; recto: text

1610

Detached album folio; recto: calligraphy panel with eight hemistichs in Persian black nasta'liq script, corners embellished with triangular illumination; verso: Seated Indian youth. Border: Recto is set in a blue inner frame and a gold outer frame with two verses of a poem each on the upper and lower borders. The painting is set in red and black rulings followed by a gold inner frame with two verses each on the upper and lower borders and a red, black and green outer frame. National Museum of Asian Art Collection
india iran art iranians muslims arts of the islamic world henri vever collection safavid period (1501 - 1722) s?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736 indian dramatic forms
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: 28.5 x 19.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 13/16 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S1998.214
Rights
Bequest of Adrienne Minassian
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/56d2eb39d1a1f3c7f288e3a510ab7e09

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