Painting
first half 17th century (made)
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Calligraphy by great Iranian masters was collected by the elite of the Mughal court in the 16th and 17th centuries. Examples such as this, identified by E. Dennison Ross as verses from Sa'di's Bustan copied and signed by Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi, were illuminated by Mughal artists and then incorporated into royal albums. The illumination was probably done in the 1620s for Jahangir, and floral borders were added later when the page was remounted for incorporation into an album for his son and successor, Shah Jahan (1628-1658).
An impression from an authentic seal of the emperor Jahangir dated regnal year 6 [=1612] has been added to the page, probably in the 18th century. It also appears on several pages in the V&A done after 1612, in the 17th and 18th centuries.
An impression from an authentic seal of the emperor Jahangir dated regnal year 6 [=1612] has been added to the page, probably in the 18th century. It also appears on several pages in the V&A done after 1612, in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, calligraphy panel by Sultan 'Ali of Mashhad, ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, border and decoration Mughal, first half 17th century |
| Physical description | Painting, ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper. This page from an album is composed of a calligraphic panel by Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi, with an illuminated ground added by a Mughal court artist, mounted on a page for an album with floral borders. |
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| Content description | Calligraphic panel. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Lady Wantage |
| Object history | This page from a royal album of Shah Jahan (r.1628-1658) was given to Lady Wantage by her father, and bequeathed to the museum in 1921. Part of the bequest of the Right Honourable Harriet Sarah Baroness Wantage, of Locking House, Wantage Berks, widow of the first and last Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B., V.D. R.P. 1920-8342, 1920-5869, 1921-3081, 1921-177 |
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| Summary | Calligraphy by great Iranian masters was collected by the elite of the Mughal court in the 16th and 17th centuries. Examples such as this, identified by E. Dennison Ross as verses from Sa'di's Bustan copied and signed by Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi, were illuminated by Mughal artists and then incorporated into royal albums. The illumination was probably done in the 1620s for Jahangir, and floral borders were added later when the page was remounted for incorporation into an album for his son and successor, Shah Jahan (1628-1658). An impression from an authentic seal of the emperor Jahangir dated regnal year 6 [=1612] has been added to the page, probably in the 18th century. It also appears on several pages in the V&A done after 1612, in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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| Accession number | IM.120A-1921 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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