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Sep 7, 2006
Illuminated folio (recto) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)
Illuminated folio (recto) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)
calligraphy: c. 1475–1500; border: c. 1550
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Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi
(Iranian, 1430–1520)
Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period
(1370–1501)
Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper
Overall: 30 x 19 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Text area: 16.3 x 9.8 cm (6 7/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 2006.147.a
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Words in gold ink mark new sections, while the main text is written in black.
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Silver and gold paints were used against an indigo blue background to create a fantastic frame for the text of the Gulistan. Meaning “rose bush” in Persian, this text is a collection of anecdotes in both verse and prose. Here, a winged lion chases a winged deer from the upper margins to the lower, where it rends the mythical deer and sends a toothy fox running.
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