Folio from a Layla u-Majnun by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Shaykh Salim visits Majnun in the wilderness; verso: text, Layla searches for Majnun
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Period
1475-1500 -
Geography
Iran -
Material
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W: 12 x 8.5 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1931.23 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1931.23
Object Details
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Description
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: illustration and text: Shaykh Salim visits Majnun in the wilderness; verso: text: Layla searches for Majnun, 4 columns, 19 lines; one of a group of 2 folios.Border: The text and the painting are set in gold and blue rulings on cream-colored paper. -
Provenance
To 1931Hagop Kevorkian, New York to 1931 [1]From 1931Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, 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
Near Eastern Ceramics (May 14, 1981 to May 10, 1985)Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)Special Exhibition (February 9, 1954 to April 20, 1954)Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)Untitled Exhibition, Persian Manuscripts (May 5, 1933 to September 22, 1947) -
Previous custodian or owner
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962) -
Origin
Iran -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Manuscript -
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