Opening page from the Ruba'yat of Urfi of Shiraz

Details

• Title

  Opening page from the Ruba'yat of Urfi of Shiraz

• Series

  Quatrains

• Artist/maker

  Urfi of Shiraz (1555 or 1556 - 1591) (author)

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran › Fars › Shiraz (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1600

• Material and technique

  ink, colour, and gold on paper

• Material index

  processed material › paper;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  visual representation › calligraphy;

  visual representation › painting;

  communications equipment › manuscript

• Dimensions

  mount 33.2 x 18.2 cm (height x width)
  calligraphy with border 24.4 x 12 cm max. (height x width)
  calligraphy without border 15.3 x 6.6 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by B. W. Robinson, 1962.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1962.158.b

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