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Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)

Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)

1520–1607
(Indian, active early 1600s)

and others

(Indian)
Northern India, Mughal, early 17th century
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Page: 30.2 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.315.2.a
Location: not on view

Description

This page contains two different texts, one written diagonally in the border and the other in the two central columns. The section of poetry in the border describes an episode from Joseph’s childhood in which his older brothers suggest to Jacob, their father, that they take Joseph into the countryside so that the boy can learn the area, although they actually plan to kill him. The poem in the central columns advises the reader to smile often, as a smile is sweeter and more pleasing than sugar.
  • before 1923
    Georges Demotte [1877–1923], Paris, France, and New York, NY
    1940s
    French private collection
    October 18, 1994
    (Christie's, London, England, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, October 18, 1994 sale, lot 9)
    1994–2013
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
    2013-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
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