2018.226: Album Folio of Persian Poetry

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2018.226

Title

Album Folio of Persian Poetry

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

17th-18th century

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Deccan, Bijapur

Culture

Deccani

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/336978

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink and colors on paper

Dimensions

22.9 x 14.6 cm (9 x 5 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Ahuan Gallery, London, 18 May 1984], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, California (1984-1986), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums.


NOTE:
Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991-2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums

Accession Year

2018

Object Number

2018.226

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The folio features couplets of Persian poetry written diagonally in shikasta script and black ink, on paper enhanced by the decorative technique of marbling. On the verso side, the text block and three-quarters of the outer border are decorated with a combed pattern in red-orange, green, and light brown. The text block has been ruled to create three columns, and additional verses have been written in the inner and outer borders.
The recto side also features a text block that has been ruled to create three columns.

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