- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1958.71
- People
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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
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Eight Folios 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
- Uzbek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216275
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- folio: 8.5 x 15.6 cm (3 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
- 1958.71
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), page 74-75/figure 25
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 162, 237-238
Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 294-295, no. 7
- Exhibition History
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Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990
Eyes to the East: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Art Given by Harvard Graduates, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/1990 - 11/25/1990
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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