- Provenance
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To ?
Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945), Berlin. [1]To 1937
Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [2]From 1937
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [3]Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
[2] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[3] See note 2.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre 1865-1945
Dr. Jacob Hirsch 1874?-1955
- Description
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Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Yusuf-u-Zulaikha by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text, a lion, a simurgh and birds in landscape, 2 columns, 14 lines; verso: text, grape vine and bird motifs, 2 columns, 14 lines; one of a group of 13 folios.
Border: The recto is set in gold rulings on a paper with lion, phoenix, bird and landscape motifs. The verso is set in gold rulings on a paper with grape vine and bird motifs.
- Published References
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- Philipp Walter Schulz. Die Persisch-Islamische Miniaturmalerei: Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte Irans. 2 vols, Leipzig. vol. 2: pl. 125.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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