1958.150: Panegyric text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Persian poetry
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1958.150
- Title
- Panegyric text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Persian poetry
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Deccan
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215990
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- folio: 25.9 x 16 cm (10 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
- Accession Year
- 1958
- Object Number
- 1958.150
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The recto and verso of this folio features three columns of Persian text, executed in black ink and in nasta‘liq script. The text is written diagonally and alternates angles from column to column. The rest of the page is decorated with large flowering plants, scrolling vines and flowers, and birds.
Exhibition History
- Birds, Beasts and Calligraphies, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/11/1981 - 09/29/1981
Verification Level
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