c. 1530-70
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.
Calligraphy; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with stamped and tooled leather binding
16th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryIndianThe twenty-fifth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
16th centuryPersianAccordion-fold book; gold pigment on indigo-blue paper
16th centuryChineseInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianInk on paper
16th-17th centuryOttomanPaintings with text; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with red and gold leather binding
16th centuryPersianInk, colors, and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th-17th centuryOttomanInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th-17th centuryPersianInk on paper
16th-17th centuryOttoman