- Title
- Album of Paintings and Calligraphy
- Date Made
- circa 1780 (binding: 19th century)
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper mounted on board; leather binding
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 17 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (44.45 x 24.77 cm); Image: 12 x 6 in. (30.48 x 15.24 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.76.113.1-.22
- Collecting Area
- South and Southeast Asian Art
- Curatorial Notes
This bound album assembled in the 19th century has eleven folios with six paintings attributed to Hyderabad, circa 1780, and sixteen leaves of calligraphy.
a) Calligraphic panel. By Abu’l Baga al-Musaw, 1682-1683.
b) Calligraphic panel. By Mir Salih, circa 1605-1627. May be a later copy.
c) Calligraphic panels. By Tajjali ‘Ali, circa 1790
d) Calligraphic panel with verses from the Shahnama of Firdausi (circa 934-1020), 17th-18th century.
e) Calligraphic panels. By Tajjali ‘Ali, 1789-1790.
f) Calligraphic panels. 17th-18th century.
g) Calligraphic panels. By Tajjali ‘Ali, circa 1790.
h) Calligraphic panels. 17th century.
i) Mirror-image calligraphic face. Early 19th century.
j) Calligraphic panels. 17th-18th century.
k) Solomon Enthroned as the King of the Three Worlds. See also M.89.51.1.
l) Calligraphic panels. By Hadrat-i-Amit al-Mu’minin ‘Ali. 1781.
m) The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child.
n) Layla Caressing Majnun.
o) Angels bring food to Ibrahim Adham (9th century) of Balkh (Bactria).
p) Calligraphic panel. By Muhammad Riza, Shiraz, Iran. 17th-18th century.
q) A nimbate man seated on a terrace holding a sword.
r) Calligraphic panels. 17th-18th century.
s) Calligraphic panels. 18th century.
t) Calligraphic panels with poems by Hafiz (Iran, 1327-1390). 17th-18th century.
u) Calligraphic panels. By Mushkin-qalam (sweet-pen; or Mir Abdullah Tirmidhi). 1592.
v) Calligraphic panels. By Pir Muhammad Dihlavi. 17th-18th century.
(Translations by Simon Digby and Z. A. Desai.)
