1984.474: Camels in Combat with text (painting, verso); Persian Poetry (text, recto), folio from a manuscript
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.474
- Title
- Camels in Combat with text (painting, verso); Persian Poetry (text, recto), folio from a manuscript
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Deccan, Bijapur
- Period
- Safavid period
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170155
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, gold, and marbling on paper; Deccan Sultanate Style
- Dimensions
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21.3 x 12.7 cm (8 3/8 x 5 in.)
Text block (recto): 17.2 x 10 cm (6 3/4 x 3 15/16)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.474
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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The recto of this folio features a marbled design that covers the entire surface with the exception of negative spaces that form two camels in combat. Their bodies are bordered in gold and their features and details are outlined in gold. Covering them are lines of Persian prose, written in black ink and nasta‘liq script. The verso features a marbled design that covers the entire surface with the exception of negative spaces that form a grid consisting of three rows. Within each row are lines of Persian prose, written in black ink and nasta‘liq script. Deccan Sultanate Style.
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