Poem in Shikasta script Yale University Art Gallery

1779

The signature on the page indicates that the calligrapher copied this poem in the city of Isfahan at the request of his friend. Royal workshops were not the only setting in which artists created art; social contexts outside of the workshop networks were also venues for artistic production. Gold was later applied around the letters, which demonstrates that the owner valued this piece of calligraphy.

Medium: Ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions: image: 6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (17.5 × 11.4 cm)
Credit Line: The Vera M. and John D. MacDonald, B.A. 1927, Collection, Gift of Mrs. John D. MacDonald
Accession Number: 2001.138.5
Geography: Iran
Culture: Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: Zand dynasty (1751–94)
Classification: Illuminated Manuscripts
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Provenance

Vera M. MacDonald and John D. MacDonald, Boston, Mass., by 2001; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Bibliography

Kishwar Rizvi, "Islamic Art at the Yale University Art Gallery," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 101, fig. 14

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

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