Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: Expulsion of Adam and Eve; recto: text
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Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Falnama (Book of omens); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text, one column, eleven lines; verso: illustration: Expulsion of Adam and Eve; one of a group of twenty folios.
- Border: The painting and text have occupied the full width of the page.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- Falnama: The Book of Omens (October 24, 2009 to January 24, 2010)
- Hunt for Paradise: Courts Arts of Safavid Iran, 1501-1576 (October 16, 2003 to June 27, 2004)
- A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)
- Persian and Indian Painting - Selections from a Recent Acquisition (September 28, 1987 to February 28, 1988)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- mid 1550s
- Period
- Safavid period
- Accession Number
- S1986.251
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 59.7 x 44.9 cm (23 1/2 x 17 11/16 in)
- Origin
- Qazvin, 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
- peacock
- dragon
- Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
- angel
- Falnama
- Iran
- Adam
- Eve
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Henri Vever collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S1986.251
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36505416a-5871-46ce-a5a6-e263f560cf4a
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