Sa'di and the two Indian robbers; folio from a Gulistan (Rose garden) by Sa'di

Object Details

• Provenance

  From late 1960s

  Private collector, the Netherlands, from the late 1960s [1]

  To 2001

  Sam Fogg (Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts), London, and Francesca Galloway, London, to 2001

  From 2001

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Sam Fogg and Francesca Galloway in 2001

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 4, Massumeh Farhad, June 14, 2001, in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

• Origin

  Herat, Afghanistan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• On View

  Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1500s, 1400s

• Place

  Afghanistan, Herat

• Topic

  Landscapes, Art, Timurid period (1378 - 1506), Donkey, Mule, Men, Arts of the Islamic World, Gulistan, Snakes, Theft

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts

• On View

  Yes