1958.65: Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1958.65

People

Mir `Ali Haravi, Persian (Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century)

Title

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi with paintings by an unknown artist (recto and verso), folio from an Anthology of Poetry

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

mid 16th century

Places

Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara

Period

Shaybanid period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216257

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

folio: 8.3 x 15.5 cm (3 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

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

1958.65

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), p. 116, no. 79-85
• Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 294-295, no. 7

Exhibition History

• Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990
• Calligraphy and the Arts of the Book, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/1993 - 01/30/1994
• The Enlightened Eye: Gifts from John Goelet, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/12/2000 - 05/07/2000
• 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/08/2017 - 04/19/2018

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