Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390); recto: Prince and Princess listen to musicians; verso: text
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Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: Prince and Princess listen to musicians; verso: text, two columns, fourteen lines; one of a group of two folios.
- Border: The text is set in red and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- S1986.471
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 24.1 x 14.3 cm (9 1/2 x 5 5/8 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- music
- zither
- forgery
- percussion instrument
- Iran
- prince
- princess
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Henri Vever collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S1986.471
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35a7d48cb-d863-4911-9bdc-6a57638ed4ac
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