Album leaf; recto: The Elephant Atash Khan; verso: calligraphic panel
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Object Details
- Artist
- Attributed to Farrukh Beg (active early 1580sā1619)
- Court
- Bijapur Court
- School/Tradition
- Deccani school
- Description
- Verso: a calligraphic panel along the right side contains a Persian inscription with the information "written in Farahabad, capital of the realm of the Sultan," Farahabad was the summer residence of Shah Abbas of Iran. The panel along the left side reads "by the order of the descendant of the prophet Mirza Muhammad Shafi." The six lines of calligraphy in the central panel contain Persian poetry, with additiional couplets spaced along the margins.
- Inscriptions
- 1. (Info. obtained from seller's invoice) Verso signed by Riza 'Ali and written in Farrukhabad, "capital of the realm of the sultan."
- Provenance
- Michel Onou (died 1901), Istanbul and Athens [1]
- To 1997
- Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York City, to 1997
- From 1997
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd. in 1997
- Notes:
- [1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Vidya Dehejia, July 1997, in the object record.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Michel Onou
- Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd.
- Credit Line
- Purchase ā Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- ca. 1600
- Period
- Adil Shahi dynasty, Reign of Ibrahim Adil Shah II
- Accession Number
- F1997.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Album
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 30.3 x 20.3 cm (11 15/16 x 8 in)
- Origin
- Bijapur, Karnataka state, Deccan plateau, India
- On View
- Freer Gallery 01: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- elephant
- poetry
- Adil Shahi dynasty (1489 - 1686)
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1997.16
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37b590b33-a841-4ea1-adb0-5631644b735e
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