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Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)
1271 AH/AD 1854
This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.622 is composed of lacquer boards (without a flap). The binding depicts hunting scenes with a gazelle and a bear and has an inscription on the lower board, dated 1271 AH/AD 1854, reading: ya Shah Najaf (oh, King of Najaf, i.e. 'Ali).
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Muhammad 'Ali Shirazi ibn […] Muhammad Qasim Shirazi, 1250 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Folio H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 1/2 in. (27.0 x 16.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.622.binding
