Folio of Calligraphy

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Mir Ali Haravi (died ca. 1550)

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed album.An illuminated qita' (poetic fragment); Persian in black nasta'liq script; signed by Mir Ali. verso (F1939.50a): painting: A portrait of Abd al-Rahim Khan Khanan; side panel texts in Persian black nasta'liq script.

  Border: recto (F1939.50b): the calligraphy panel is set in red, gold, and black rulings in an inner frame of calligraphy panels, and a gold floral outer frame, mounted on a paperboard with multicolored flowers and marginal medallions. verso: the painting is set in gold and purple rulings in an inner frame of calligraphic panels and a gold outer frame with floral motifs mounted on a paperboard with gold flowers on a blue ground.

• Signatures

  Calligraphy: signed by Mir Ali

• Inscriptions

  Recto: "Poor, lowly Mir Ali."

  Verso: "Work by Hashim."

  Verso: "Work by Hashim."

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Nasta’liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy (September 13, 2014 to May 3, 2015)

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

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

  The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

• Origin

  Uzbekistan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1530s, 1550s

• Name

  Haravi, Ali

• Place

  Uzbekistan

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Uzbek period (1500 - 1598)

• Culture

  Muslims

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts