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

Painting

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

18--?-1950?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

twentieth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Material:

Lacquered color painting framed in wood mounted on metal stand

Wood AAT

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:

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.
Layout: Oblong painting followed by two lines in two columns.
Origin: Item is undated, probably produced in the late 19th or 20th century.
Painting.
Prior cataloging suggested that the poem is from the Rubāʻiyāt of Omar Khayyām, though only one hemistich could be verified as such.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Shelfmark: MS Or 455.
Title supplied by cataloger.

Keyword:

miniatures (paintings)

paintings (visual works)

Persian poetry

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14345928

IIIF Manifest:

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

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library