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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.20.119
People
Attributed to Shaykh Zada, Persian (active 1st half of 16th century)
Overpainting of figures attributed to Bishndas, Mughal (active early 17th century)
Scribe: Mir ‘Ali al-Husayni, Uzbek (active 1st half of 16th century)
Title
Sa`di's Visit to an Indian Temple (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 119 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa`di, Written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50), Overpainting attributed to Bishndas for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-27)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
1531-1532 (text); c. 1540 and c. 1620 (painting)
Places
Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Period
Shaybanid period
Culture
Uzbek and Mughal
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213072

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
image: 23.1 x 13.6 cm (9 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer in memory of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.20.119
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch, The Art of Mughal India: Painting & Precious Objects, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1963), p.165-166, no. 23, fig. 23
  • Stuart Cary Welch, India, Art and Culture, 1300-1900, exh. cat., Holt, Rinehart & Winston (New York, NY, 1985), Page 210-211/Figure 139
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), page 88/figure 94
  • Amina Okada, Imperial Mughal Painters: Indian Miniatures From the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Flammarion (Paris, France, 1992), page 155/figure 185
  • John Renard, ed., Tales of God's Friends : Islamic Hagiography in Translation, University of California Press (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, 2009), pp.92-93 / Fig.4
  • Gijs Kruijtzer, Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law -- 1200 to 1700, De Gruyter (2024), pp. 138-140, fig. 13

Exhibition History

  • Indian Art During the Mughals, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/1986 - 05/18/1986
  • Paintings for Princes: The Art of the Book in Islam, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/27/1990 - 03/25/1990
  • Shadows of God On Earth: Arts of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/1997 - 08/31/1997

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