- Provenance
- Provenance information is currently unavailable
- Previous Owner(s)
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Henri Vever 1854 - 1942
Francois Mautin French, born 1907
- Description
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Detached album folio; Panel of calligraphy; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: six diagonal lines of verse written on a composition in gold with an ibex and a deer in vegetation, signed by Muhammad Husayn; verso: six lines of verse.
Border: The calligraphic panel is set in gold and black rulings and a turquoise inner frame with gold floral scroll and a bright red outer frame stenciled with white flowers. The verso is set in gold and blue rulings with an outer frame of floral scroll on cream-colored paper.
- Inscription(s)
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Recto, bottom page: "the poor, sinful Muhammad Husayn, may God forgive him, accept his repentance, and conceal his faults."
- Published References
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- Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 454, p. 362.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum