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Identification and Creation

Object Number
29.2015.1
Title
The illuminated sarlawh; notes and seals (notes and seals recto; sarlawh verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan (Selections from the Bustan by Sa`di)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1550-1600
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/368168

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
Dimensions
22.5 × 15 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

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
29.2015.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The manuscript opens with an exquisitely illuminated sarlawh above the text which is copied in two columns and 14 lines to a page in nasta`liq. According to the colophon the manuscript was copied by Mir Sayyid Ahmad al-Husayni who, based on a note on the first folio, was a pupil of Mir ‘Ali (Haravi).
The text area is finely gold speckled.
The binding is decorated with large plate stamped and gilt leather covers, and the doublures are decorated with filigrees over various colored paper ground; however, most filigrees have been damaged over time.

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