Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
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Period
1556-1565 -
Geography
Iran -
Material
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1946.12.8 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1946.12.8
Object Details
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Calligrapher
Malik al-Daylami -
Description
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto-verso: text; illuminated headings in red and blue; gold column dividers; four columns, twenty-one lines of text; one of a group of 304 folios.Border: The recto and the verso are set in multicolored rulings on a blue ground with gold floral motifs. -
Provenance
To 1946Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]From 1946Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]Notes:[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.[2] See note 1. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930) -
Previous custodian or owner
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962) -
Origin
Iran -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Manuscript -
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