Folio from Yusuf u-Zulaikha by Jami (d.1492); recto: Floral designs; verso: Animals and birds in landscape

Object Details

• Author

  Jami (died 1492)

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Yusuf-u- Zulaikha by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: Floral designs, 2 columns, 14 lines; verso: Animals and birds in landscape, 2 columns, 14 lines, one of a group of 13 folios.

  Border: The recto is set in gold, red and blue rulings on a paper with gold floral motifs, silhouetted against a blue background. The verso is set in gold, red and blue rulings on a paper with animal, bird, and landscape motifs, silhouetted against a blue background.

• Provenance

  To 1936

  Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [1]

  From 1936

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See undated folder sheet note, object folder F1936.9, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Falcons: The Art of the Hunt (January 15 to July 17, 2022)

  Art of the Court of Shah Tahmasp (December 16, 1979 to August 14, 1980)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Jacob Hirsch (1874?-1955)

• Origin

  Qazvin, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Name

  Dr. Jacob Hirsch

• Place

  Qazvin

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Rabbits, Art, Animals, Yusuf, Zulaykha, Gazelle, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Falcon

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts