Page of calligraphy; text: Persian and Arabic in white, red, and black ta'liq script set against a blue ground embellished with gold floral motifs; signed by Kamal-al-Din Ikhtiyar al-munshi al-sultani; one of a group of three folios. Border: The text is set in gold, blue, and black rulings on gold-sprinkled paper. Written by the poor miserable slave Ikhtiyar, the royal scribe. To 1929 Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1] From 1929 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York on April 5, 1929 [2] Notes: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016) Art of the Court of Shah Tahmasp (December 16, 1979 to August 14, 1980) Near Eastern Art--Calligraphy (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972) Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967) Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947) Untitled Exhibition, South Asian and Persian Art (March 24, 1930 to March 14, 1931) Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)
Authors
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1540
- Dates
- Safavid period
- Format
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on colored paper
- Pages
- H x W: 24.5 x 16 cm (9 5/8 x 6 5/16 in)
- Place Discussed
- Afghanistan
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- Afghanistan
- Reference
- F1929.65
- Rights
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/28913be8c5488dcb11454e9496782c0a
