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Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (verso)
c. 1760
attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
(Indian, active mid-1700s)
Page: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
The first two lines in Persian read:Once again, Iraqi broke his vows:
From the cup of love he became intoxicated and ecstatic.
The excerpt from the mystic poet Jami is more of a pious injunction:
Until you are bold enough to take to the seas,
You will not reap spiritual benefits from your inner heart.
Unless you pitch your tent next to the spiritual guide,
You will not enjoy him to the fullest.
- ?–1849Sir Charles Forbes, 7th Baronet [1773–1849], Bengal, London, and Scotland, by descent to his great-grandson, Colonel Sir John Forbes?–1962Colonel Sir John Stewart Forbes [1901–1984], Baronet, DSO, DL, Allargue House, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, consigned to Sotheby's London for saleDecember 10, 1962(Sotheby's, London, Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, lot 23)1962–2001Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001], Beverly Hills, CA, by descent to his wife Catherine Benkaim2001–2013(Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)2013–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Sotheby's, London. Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures. December 10, 1962. Mentioned: Lot 23Krishnan, Gauri Parimoo. Beauty in Asia: 200 BCE to Today. Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, 2007. Reproduced: no. 31bMace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art. London: D Giles Limited, 2016. Reproduced:cat. no. 86, pp. 256-257
- Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.349.b