Bijapur Court Deccani school Verso: a calligraphic panel along the right side contains a Persian inscription with the information "written in Farahabad, capital of the realm of the Sultan," Farahabad was the summer residence of Shah Abbas of Iran. The panel along the left side reads "by the order of the descendant of the prophet Mirza Muhammad Shafi." The six lines of calligraphy in the central panel contain Persian poetry, with additiional couplets spaced along the margins. 1. (Info. obtained from seller's invoice) Verso signed by Riza 'Ali and written in Farrukhabad, "capital of the realm of the sultan." Michel Onou (died 1901), Istanbul and Athens [1] To 1997 Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York City, to 1997 From 1997 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd. in 1997 Notes: [1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Vidya Dehejia, July 1997, in the object record. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999) Michel Onou Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd.
Authors
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1600
- Dates
- Adil Shahi dynasty, Reign of Ibrahim Adil Shah II
- Format
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 30.3 x 20.3 cm (11 15/16 x 8 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- F1997.16
- Rights
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/85bec56a6ffd4c44ad1ad2b919c5bcb7
