Folio of calligraphy

Object Details

• Description

  Page of calligraphy; Persian in black nasta'liq script set against a blue-tinted ground; embellished with rectangular illuminated panels; recto: text, 10 lines; verso: text, An anecdote from Gulistan (The rose garden) by Sa'di, 10 lines.

  Border: The text is set in purple, gold and blue rulings on salmon colored paper with landscape and animal motifs.

• Provenance

  To 1931

  Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1931 [1]

  From 1931

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1931 [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.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Animals, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Poetry, Gulistan

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts