Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492); verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; recto: text
Object Details
- Description
- Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text, illuminated headings in blue and red, gold column dividers, triangular verse illuminations; four columns, twenty-one lines of text; verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; one of a group of 304 folios.
- Border: The recto is set in multicolored rulings stenciled in pink, outlined in gold; the verso is set in multicolored rulings on cream-colored paper with gold floral motifs.
- Inscriptions
- On cornice of building, in Arabic: "oh God, strengthen the rule of the just Sultan Abu'l-Muzaffar Shah Tahmasp al-Husayni. May God perpetuate his reign beyond the separation of the two worlds [death]."
- On cornice of building, in Arabic: "oh God, strengthen the rule of the just Sultan Abu'l-Muzaffar Shah Tahmasp al-Husayni. May God perpetuate his reign beyond the separation of the two worlds [death]."
- Provenance
- To 1946
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]
- From 1946
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
- The Seven Thrones of Jami: A Princely Manuscript from Iran (June 28, 1997 to March 29, 1998)
- Exhibition of Persian Art (April to May 1940)
- Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1556-1565
- Period
- Safavid period
- Accession Number
- F1946.12.38
- Calligrapher
- Malik al-Daylami
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- On View
- Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- donkey
- Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
- commerce
- poetry
- nasta'liq script
- illumination
- India
- Haft awrang
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Record ID
- fsg_F1946.12.38
