Goobi - ba0d8 - 2020-08-02 18:16:45+0000
Goobi
A prince in a pavilion by night, from an Anthology (Majmu`a) of Persian poetry.
A young prince sits holding a wine cup in a red pavilion at night, in a dark garden of flowering trees. Servants stand in attendance, offer him wine, and play music, while light is provided by a row of tall candles and by small oil lamps floating in the pool.
Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, re-mounted in gold-painted cream borders, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from the Book of Separation (Firaq-nama) by Salman Savaji (d. 1378) composed for Jalayirid Sultan Uvays, detached from codex (Per 149), anthology dedicated to Timurid prince Abu Sa`id (r. 1452-67), decorated borders added later by order of Shaybanid ruler `Abd al-Aziz (r. 1540-1549), Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1451-1469, with borders added Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1540-1549.
A prince drinking in a garden pavilion by night, from an Anthology (Majmu`a) of Persian poetry
Per 149.78
Per_149_78
Persian collection
Persian (language)
Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex/Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Central Asia/Afghanistan/Herat
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Central Asia/Afghanistan/Herat
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Central Asia/Uzbekistan/Bukhara
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Nasta'liq script
1451-1469, borders added 1540-1549
1451
1451
1540
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1469
1549
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Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold
Paper (material)
Pigment (material)
Ink (material)
Gold
GOOD
162 mm x 104 mm (height x width)
art
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Herat
art
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Bukhara
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Herat
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