string(20) "edanmdm:fsg_F1932.52" Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: text; verso: Chained lion - National Museum of Asian Art
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Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: text; verso: Chained lion

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At A Glance

  • Period

    1523-24 (930 A.H.)

  • Material

    Color and gold on paper

  • Dimension

    H x W (overall): 18.8 x 29.9 cm (7 3/8 x 11 3/4 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1932.52

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1932.52

Object Details

  • Calligrapher

    Sultan Muhammad Nur

  • Artist

    Shaykhzade

  • Description

    Detached folio from a copy of the Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (F1932.45) with selections from the work of Ibn Yamin, Omar Khayyam, and Nizami in the margins; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; headings in white; recto: text: two columns, 12 lines with marginal verses; verso: illustration: Chained lion; one of a group of 9 detached folios (F 1932.46-54) from the bound manuscript (F1932.45); accessioned separately.
    Border: The text and the painting are set in gold, blue, and red rulings on cream-colored paper.

  • Provenance

    To 1931
    Claude Anet (1868-1931), Paris to 1931 [1]
    1932
    Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), acquired in Paris, March 21, 1932 [2]
    From 1932
    Freer Gallery of Art, puchased from Hagop Kevorkian in 1932 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] Object file, folder sheet note.
    [2] See Hagop Kevorkian's letter to Mr. Lodge, dated March 25, 1932 Paris, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
    [3] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  • Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection

  • Exhibition History

    Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Metalwork (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Claude Anet (1868-1931)
    Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

  • Credit Line

    Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

  • Type

    Manuscript

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