Maulana Muhammad "Assar's" poem Mihr U Mushtari

Artist Unknown

CulturePersian

Dateca. 1430

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 13 cm)
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. (18 x 11.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number58.27.3A

Not on view

DescriptionManuscript illustration from tale of Mihr u Mushtari, a Masnavi poem written by Maulana Muhammed "Assar" of Tabriz who died about A.H. 779. Manuscript written in beautiful Nastaliqu. Low galley shaped boat with figures in boat. Water painted silver, has oxidized and turned shiny black-grey. Chinese clouds of conventional design.

Exhibition HistoryNorfolk Museum Gallery "H", Feb. 1958. Published ReferencesRieu, CATALOGUE OF PERSIAN MSS IN BRITISH MUSEUM, VOL. 11, pg. 626, add. 6619.