Harvard Art Museums > 28.2015: Illustrated Manuscript of the Gulistān (Rose Garden) by Sa`di Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Illustrated Manuscript of the Gulistān (Rose Garden) by Sa`di , 28.2015,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352103. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 28.2015 Title Illustrated Manuscript of the Gulistān (Rose Garden) by Sa`di Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date late 19th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Qajar period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352103 Physical Descriptions Medium Colored ink, watercolor, and gold on off-white laid paper (coated and burnished), leather binding Dimensions 22.8 x 15 cm (9 x 5 7/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Object Number 28.2015 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The manuscript opens with a richly illuminated heading and margins. The text is copied in nasta`liq by Fathallah, also known as Jalal, for Aqa Mirza Mahdi Khan kalantar, ra’is dar of Isfahan. Most of the fourteen paintings are signed “Ibrahim” in red ink. The back of the folios with paintings are decorated with a large diamond shaped medallion in different colors. The binding is decorated with center and corner pieces decorated with filigree leather. The horizontal pendants have the name of the poet Jami. The doublures are decorated with center pieces with pendants. Publication History David Roxburgh and Mary McWilliams, ed., Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 68, 70, fig. 15; pp. 134-135, cat. 8 Exhibition History Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2017 - 01/07/2018 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
