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Folio from a manuscript of the Nuzhatnama-i `Ala'i (The `Ala'i Book of Pleasure) by Shahmardan b. Abi 'l-Khayr Razi
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On both sides of this folio from a manuscript of the Nuzhatnama-i ala’i by Shahmardan, small illustrations of birds in summary landscape settings are embedded within the text, which is written in naskh script. On the recto, a swallow (khuttaf) perches on the edge of a fishpond. The verso features two paintings. Near the top, four gray birds perch on a low-branching tree or bush. According to the text, they represent sparrows (gunjishk). At the bottom, an unidentified bird (badanjanah) with a green head and long, curling tail faces left. Plants growing out from under clusters of rocks mark the ground, and small running clouds indicate the sky.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Léonce Rosenberg Paris at least until 1913]; [Origins June 1973] sold; to Edwin Binney 3rd (1973-1986) bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
NOTE:
Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991 then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991-2011.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Title: Folio from a manuscript of the Nuzhatnama-i `Ala'i (The `Ala'i Book of Pleasure) by Shahmardan b. Abi 'l-Khayr Razi
Description:
On both sides of this folio from a manuscript of the Nuzhatnama-i ala’i by Shahmardan, small illustrations of birds in summary landscape settings are embedded within the text, which is written in naskh script.
On the recto, a swallow (khuttaf) perches on the edge of a fishpond.
The verso features two paintings.
Near the top, four gray birds perch on a low-branching tree or bush.
According to the text, they represent sparrows (gunjishk).
At the bottom, an unidentified bird (badanjanah) with a green head and long, curling tail faces left.
Plants growing out from under clusters of rocks mark the ground, and small running clouds indicate the sky.
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