cover image: Mah Saman poisons shakar

Mah Saman poisons shakar

Pre-Mughal School Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Shirin-u- Khusraw from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: four columns, seventeen lines of text; verso: Mah Saman poisons shakar, four columns, eleven lines; one of a group of seven folios. Border: Text is within a border of colored panels. Arthur M. Sackler Collection Arts of Mughal India (2004) (August 21, 2004 to February 6, 2005) A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)
india art south asians henri vever collection south asian and himalayan art himalayan peoples delhi sultanate (1206 - 1526)
Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1450
Dates
Delhi Sultanate period
Format
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Pages
H x W: 32.2 x 24 cm (12 11/16 x 9 7/16 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S1986.124
Rights
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/3471005e50a9556e4a40f4a6b6072658

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