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Text Page with Illuminated Triangular Pieces
1068 AH/AD 1657 (Safavid; Mughal)
This text page from Walters manuscript W.649 has triangular pieces with a polychrome floral and scrolling vine motif on a gold ground. The verses, in Nasta'liq script in black ink, are written obliquely in the center of the page.
Provenance
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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.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 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.649.19A
