Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492); verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; recto: text

Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text, illuminated headings in blue and red, gold column dividers, triangular verse illuminations; four columns, twenty-one lines of text; verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; one of a group of 304 folios. Border: The recto is set in multicolored rulings stenciled in pink, outlined in gold; the verso is set in multicolored rulings on cream-colored paper with gold floral motifs. On cornice of building, in Arabic: "oh God, strengthen the rule of the just Sultan Abu'l-Muzaffar Shah Tahmasp al-Husayni. May God perpetuate his reign beyond the separation of the two worlds [death]." 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 Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing) Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016) The Seven Thrones of Jami: A Princely Manuscript from Iran (June 28, 1997 to March 29, 1998) Exhibition of Persian Art (April to May 1940) Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930) Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)