New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Manuscript

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1525

MediumPaper | Watercolor

DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 5/8 x 6 13/16 in. (29.5 x 17.3 cm)
Overall: 12 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (31.5 x 18 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)

ClassificationsMiddle Eastern

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number58.27.7

Terms

Opaque
Gold
Black
Red
Jaghati
Eastern Turkey

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Not on view

DescriptionManuscript probably from The Divan of Mir Ali Shi Nawai, minister to Sultan Husain Mirza. Calligraphy: Jaghati or Eastern Turkish. Mended on back at least five times. A tear about center loose. Rubbed in many places, torn and mended lower right and left edge nicked. Background, groups of flowers, golden sky, scattered Chinese clouds, black bearded monarch, red mantle, looking out from open garden house. Men, half hidden by rocks in the distance. Left and center veiled figure (Mohammed?) on a carpet; angel kneeling, colored wings. Nimbus of golden flames. Another group of men and flowering tree below.