AlbumsPersian19th century

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

dated 1877

Description

The album has six folios in the folding or accordion format. The text is copied in large nasta`liq by the scribe Ghulam Riza for his son, Farid al-Din Muhammad Taqi al-Jayli in H. 1294 (1877). The light brown leather binding is covered with a decorated paper on the interior.

Classification

Albums

Medium

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Culture

Persian

Period

Qajar period

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

30 x 19.5 cm (11 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.

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