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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.20
People
Attributed to Bishndas, Mughal (active early 17th century)
Attributed to Shaykh Zada, Persian (active 1st half of 16th century)
Scribe: Mir ‘Ali al-Husayni, Uzbek (active 1st half of 16th century)
Title
Manuscript of the Bustan (Orchard) by Sa`di, written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
1531-1532 and c. 1620
Places
Creation Place: Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Period
Shaybanid period
Culture
Uzbek and Mughal
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/51225

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cover: leather, stamped and gilt Painting with text: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
28.89 x 18.42 x 3.49 cm (11 3/8 x 7 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis Cartier Collection, Paris (by 1958). Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (by 1979), gift; to Fogg Art Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer in memory of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.20
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Seyller, The Inspection and Valuation of Manuscripts in the Imperial Mughal Library, Artibus Asiae (Zurich, 1997), Vol. LVII, 3/4
  • Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (London, Thames & Hudson, 2021)., p. 181, ill.; pp. 212-213, ill.; pp. 292-293, no. 3a-c

Exhibition History

  • India: From Tribe to Court, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/23/1981 - 07/23/1981
  • Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/24/1986 - 03/16/1986
  • Geometry of the Spirit: Islamic Illumination and Calligraphy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/30/1988 - 06/26/1988
  • Courts and Countryside: Islamic Paintings from the 14th through the 17th Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/21/1999 - 08/22/1999
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020

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