Double calligraphy page and illumination
Datemid 16th century
Maker
Central Asia
Label TextThe poet Nizami’s stories were lavishly illustrated by Safavid Persian and Ottoman Turkish painters. But pictures, like the one of Khusrow and Shirin, told only part of the tales. This double page from Central Asia (a region wrestled back-and-forth between the Safavids and Ottomans) also tells the story of Khusrow and Shirin, using finely wrought text that, without illustration, has itself become artwork.
Object number38.25
Provenance[J. Zado Noorian, New York, by 1937]; purchased from Mr. Noorian by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), January 6, 1938
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions10 7/16 x 12 9/16 in. (26.5 x 31.9 cm)
MediumInk, gold and lapis on paper
Byzantine
1420
Object number: 50.68
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