Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 455

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6664

Shelfmark:

MS Or 455

Title:

Framed lacquer painting

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

18--?-1950?].

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 painting : Lacquered color painting framed in wood mounted on metal stand ; 145 x 85 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Painting.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Oblong painting followed by two lines in two columns.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Painting and reverse mostly in shades of orange, red and beige; frame in red with blue corners with pink vine designs; same design along long edge of frame.
Origin: Item is undated, probably produced in the late 19th or 20th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 455.
Prior cataloging suggested that the poem is from the Rubāʻiyāt of Omar Khayyām, though only one hemistich could be verified as such.

Keyword:

miniatures (paintings)

paintings (visual works)

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14734132

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14734132_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library