1958.68: Lovers with Pomegranate (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, left-hand side of a bifolio
Albums
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1958.68
- People
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Attributed to Mir `Ali Haravi, Persian (Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century)
- Title
- Lovers with Pomegranate (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, left-hand side of a bifolio
- Classification
- Albums
- Work Type
- album folio
- Date
- mid 16th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara
- Culture
- Uzbek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216442
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.7 x 6.9 cm (5 3/8 x 2 11/16 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
- 1958.68
- 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. 115, no. 76
- 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 161, 237-238
- Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., pp. 294-295, no. 7
Exhibition History
- Arab and Persian Painting, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/10/1981 - 03/09/1981
- 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
Verification Level
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