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Identification and Creation

Object Number
16.2015.182
Title
Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 182), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Illustrated Manuscript of the Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
16th century
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/367759

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

Note:
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Object Number
16.2015.182
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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