Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan (The Ball and the Polo Stick ) of `Arifi
Description
Copied in Persian, in nasta’liq script, by [Mir] Ali al-Husayni [of Herat] (flourished 1514-43); includes double-page sarlawh (illuminated frontispiece); two detached illustrated folios have been framed separately.
Date
1523
Classification
Manuscripts
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet, formerly in the collection of Louis J. Cartier
Object Number
1958.79
People
Artist: Unknown Artist
Artist: Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni, flourished 1514-43
Author: Mahmud 'Arifi of Herat, died 1449
Medium
Paintings with text; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with red and gold leather binding
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.3 cm (9 x 6 in.)
page: 22.7 x 15 cm (8 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
