Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Divan (collected poems) by Sultan Husayn Mirza; Eastern Turkish in white nasta'liq script with the title in an illuminated band; verses of poem executed in qat' (cut-out technique); one of a group of two folios (with F.1929.66). Border: Folio is mounted on a green ground, set in red, gold, blue and white rulings on gold-sprinkled paper. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Nasta’liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy (Saturday, September 13, 2014 - Sunday, May 03, 2015) Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016) Nastaliq Calligraphy (September 23, 1982 to January 20, 1984) Untitled Exhibition, South Asian and Persian Art (March 24, 1930 to March 14, 1931)
Authors
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1490
- Dates
- Timurid period
- Format
- Ink and color on paper
- Pages
- H x W: 23.8 x 15 cm (9 3/8 x 5 7/8 in)
- Place Discussed
- Afghanistan
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- Afghanistan
- Reference
- F1929.67
- Rights
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/99538c35048a1166b5840fd0dc8b289a
