Colophon folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold), firstdaftar (book) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
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Period
October 1556 (Dhu'l- hijja 963 A.H.) -
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
F1946.12.46 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1946.12.46
Object Details
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Artist
Signed by Malik al-Daylami -
Description
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) first daftar from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; one of eight colophons from the Haft awrang (F1946.12.46 recto, F1946.12.69 verso, F1946.12.83 verso, F1946.12.139 recto, F1946.12.181 recto, F1946.12.199 recto, F1946.12.224 verso, F1946.12.272 recto); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text; seal impression; gold and black inscription; gold column dividers; square panels with diagonal hemistichs and triangular verse illuminations; four columns, twenty-one lines of text; verso: blank; one of a group of 304 folios.Border: The recto is set in multicolored rulings on a cream ground with gold floral motifs. -
Inscriptions
Bottom page rectangular-triangular panels: "The first book (daftar) of the Silsilat al-dhahab was written by the high order of his highness, the celebrated, the successful, the world-mastering Khusraw (a Sasanian king known for his justice) as mighty as the heavens, the just, the perfect, the virtuous Abu'l-Fath Sultan Ibrahim Mirza al-Husayni al-Safavi, by the hand of the lowly (and) lowliest of his servants Malik al-Daylami in Dhu'l-hijja the year [A.H.] 963, [A.D. October 1556] in the holy, the sublime Mashhad." -
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
Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)The Seven Thrones of Jami: A Princely Manuscript from Iran (June 28, 1997 to March 29, 1998)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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