Album-mounted folio from Bijan’s history of the reign of Shah Isma?il: Shah Isma'il I Watches His Troops Defeat the Musha' sha' leader Sultan Fayyad
Mu'in Musavvir
(Persian, 1617–1701)
about 1688
Object PlaceIsfahan, Iran
Medium/TechniqueInk, color, and gold on paper
DimensionsOverall: 35.8 x 23.4 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Image (within borders): 23.5 x 15.3 cm (9 1/4 x 6 in.)
Image (within borders): 23.5 x 15.3 cm (9 1/4 x 6 in.)
Credit LineJohn Ware Willard Fund and Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession number1996.103
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1960, purchased from Eldred Auctioneers, East Dennis, MA, by Sylvia Clark Coolidge, Providence, RI; 1996, sold by Sylvia Clark Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 1996)
Recto early 16th century; verso about 1420–40; mounted in album about 1544–45
16th century
Ömer b. Abdurrahman
18th century
Ṣālih Efendi-zāde Meḥmed Emīn
about 1725
Hâfız Osman
1697 A.D./ 1108 A.H.