Page from a dispersed manuscript of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi's Hasht Bihisht

Details

• Title

  Page from a dispersed manuscript of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi's Hasht Bihisht

• Series

  Quintet

• Artist/maker

  Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253 - 1325) (author)

  Muhammad Husayn al-Husayni (active mid-16th century) (calligrapher)

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (Razeh) (place of creation)

• Date

  1556 (AH 964)

• 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 40.6 x 27.9 cm (height x width)
  page 28.7 x 18.2 cm (height x width)
  painting 24.7 x 11.3 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Christopher Gandy, 1987.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1987.38.a

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