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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.79.28
People
Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni (flourished 1514-43)
Written by Mahmud 'Arifi of Herat (died 1449)
Title
Text (recto), Young Prince Accepts a Polo Ball from the Dervish (painting, verso), illustrated folio (28) from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Guy-u Chawgan
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
painting with calligraphy
Date
1523
Places
Creation Place: Central Asia, Afghanistan, Herat
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/168143

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
22.7 x 15 cm (8 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jahangir, India (r.1605-1627). Fath-Ali Shah, Iran (1797-1834). Louis J. Cartier, New York. John Goelet, New York, (by 1958), gift; to the Fogg Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet, formerly in the collection of Louis J. Cartier
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.79.28
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Calligraphy in Persian, in nasta’liq script.

Publication History

  • Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 13, 50, 54-55, no. 15, ill.
  • 40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), page 157, 236
  • Christiane Gruber, ed., The Moon: A Voyage through Time, exh. cat., The Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, 2019), pp. 172-173, no. 46

Exhibition History

  • Arab and Persian Painting, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/10/1981 - 03/09/1981
  • Early Safavid Painting 1501 - 1576, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/21/1987 - 04/12/1987
  • The Enlightened Eye: Gifts from John Goelet, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/12/2000 - 05/07/2000
  • The Moon: Spirit, Art, and Wonder, The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, 03/09/2019 - 08/18/2019

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